A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable moss texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß