From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
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
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
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
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin