This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using 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
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Just like the black maze, only in light gray. Duh.
Source Peax
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo