A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Here's an yet another background for websites, with a seamless texture of wood planks this time.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin