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
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo