Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen