From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of Japanese Edo pattern called "kikkou-matsu" or "亀甲松" meaning " tortoiseshell-pinetree".The real pinetree is like this: https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301065077/
Source Yamachem
Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ
Derived from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin