From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
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
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić