From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Tiny little flowers growing on your screen. Nice, huh?
Source Themes Tube
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen