From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.
Source Yamachem
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight