From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
Source Firkin
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From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A pale olive green background with a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
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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
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin