From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
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From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin