Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
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
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Fix side and a seamless pattern formed from circles.
Source SliverKnight
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen