Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
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
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin