From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin