Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Zero CC tileable seed texture, edited by me to be seamless from a Pixabay image. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture of an abstract wall colored in shades of light orange brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ