From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
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
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ