From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
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 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
A seamless pattern based on a tile that can be achieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin