Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/
Source Yamachem
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso