From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This ladies and gentlemen, is texturetastic! Love it.
Source Adam Pickering
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A rusty grunge background for websites. Feel free to use it in your site's theme.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen