From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable dry grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Zero CC tillable hard cover red book with X shape marks. Scanned and made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
f you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Here's a new background image for websites with a seamless pink texture. It should look beautiful with website themes where light pink background is needed. The background is seamless, therefore it should be used as a tiled background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo