A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by the B&O Play, I had to make this pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
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
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
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
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen