Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia's cakes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ