Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
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
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green