From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Could remind you a bit of those squares in Super Mario Bros, yeh?
Source Jeff Wall
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker