From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks