A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
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
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin