From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin