From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The following repeating website background is colored in a blue gray color and resembles a concrete wall or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
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
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein