From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
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
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable pine bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Inspired by a design found in 'Konstantinápolyi emlékeim', Miklos Chriszto, 1893.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen