Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by geralt
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ