ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, 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
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber