From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A blue background wallpaper for websites. It has a seamless texture with vertical stripes. It looks quite nice not only when using as a tiled background on websites, but also on computer desktops.
Source V. Hartikainen
It’s big, it’s gradient—and it’s square.
Source Brankic1979
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett