From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel