From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by CatherineClennan
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen
You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow