From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a snow crystal.I referred to a book called ”sekka-zusetsu” or "雪華図説" which means an illustrated explanation about snow crystals.This book was published in 1832 (天保3年) or Edo period.For more about "雪華図説",see here:dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2536975
Source Yamachem
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
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
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Watercolor Vintage style CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern made from the gold Penrose triangle by GDJ and the two remixes
Source Firkin
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen