From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
A blue background wallpaper for websites. It has a seamless texture with vertical stripes. It looks quite nice not only when using as a tiled background on websites, but also on computer desktops.
Source V. Hartikainen
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by KirstenStar
Source Firkin
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
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
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen