Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
The image a seamless pattern of a wire-mesh fence.I want you to use this pattern as a lower layer.
Source Yamachem
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia's cakes on a tablecloth.
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
He influenced us all. “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
Source Atle Mo
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ