A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen