From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
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
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin