From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
Gold Triangular Seamless Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen