From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Here's an yet another background for websites, with a seamless texture of wood planks this time.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Prismatic Geometric Pattern With Background
Source GDJ
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett