From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Feel free to download this "Dark Wood" background texture for your web site. The background tiles seamlessly!
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Feel free to use this seamless background texture as a background on a web site. It's colored in a light pink color and is seamlessly tile-able.
Source V. Hartikainen