Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen