From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova