I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
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
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin