Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
This one resembles a black concrete wall when is tiled. It should look great, at least with dark website themes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using 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
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman