Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

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Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background@2X #490
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Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Beige Paper #83
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.

Source Konstantin Ivanov

Background pattern 9 (B&W) #212
 Dark  CC 0

Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 6@2X #512
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Prismatic Dots Background 6

Source GDJ

Retro Squares Background 2@2X #417
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 2

Source GDJ

Small Crosses #115
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.

Source Dmitry

Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
 Fabric  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background@2X #544
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background

Source GDJ

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Random Grey Variations@2X #70
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Background pattern 201 (colour 4) #2494
 Grid  CC 0

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

Background pattern 277 #2029
 Dark  CC 0

A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin