To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin