Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
Pattern produced in Paint.net using the Vibrato plug-in.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo