From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen