Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
This is a more minute version of "fishnet 01".The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin