Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen