From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Inspired by the B&O Play, I had to make this pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green