From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia mug remixes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin