From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting an image on Pixabay that was uploaded by gustavorezende. To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen