From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
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
Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
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
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen