From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
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 seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of an Openclipart clipart called "Maze" uploaded by "any_ono_mous".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of a maze.
Source Yamachem
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
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 dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.
Source Tony Kinard
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim