Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
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
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin