An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Seamless Green Tile Background
Source V. Hartikainen
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin