From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
Zero CC tileable seed texture, edited by me to be seamless from a Pixabay image. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
This background image has seamless texture that resembles a surface of gray stone.
Source V. Hartikainen