Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
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
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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
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 is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
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
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett