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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel