From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen