From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen