From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod