An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin