From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra