Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/
Source Yamachem
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
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
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
This ladies and gentlemen, is texturetastic! Love it.
Source Adam Pickering