Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
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
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous