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 good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 11
Source GDJ
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin