From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen