From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic