Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ