From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable beechwood wood texture, generated in Neo Texture Edit by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen