From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin