From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
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
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers