From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. 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
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pale yellow paper background with a pattern of animal tracks.
Source V. Hartikainen
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin