Feel free to download this "Dark Wood" background texture for your web site. The background tiles seamlessly!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ