From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo