A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen