Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Looks as if it's spray painted on the wall. You can be sure that this pattern will seamlessly fill your backgrounds on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colorful Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
ZeroCC tileable beechwood wood texture, generated in Neo Texture Edit by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ