From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
This is a hot one. Small, sharp and unique.
Source GraphicsWall
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
Source Firkin
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
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
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Could remind you a bit of those squares in Super Mario Bros, yeh?
Source Jeff Wall
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen