From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
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
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin