From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Here's an yet another background for websites, with a seamless texture of wood planks this time.
Source V. Hartikainen
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ