Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
This seamless web background texture looks like gray stone. It's great for using as a background image on web pages, or on some of their elements. Anyway, I hope you will find use for it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo