Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Vector version of a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo