From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media