This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
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
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin