From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso