From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A dark brown fabric-like background texture with seamless pattern of winding stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida