From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This background image has seamless texture that resembles a surface of gray stone.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo