From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
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
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Inspired by the B&O Play, I had to make this pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen