Abstract Tiled Background Extended 11
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture of an abstract wall colored in shades of light orange brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo