Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of leopard skin. It should look nice as a background element on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from 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
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
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. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin