From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer