Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker