Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
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
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
This could be a hippy vintage wallpaper.
Source Tileable Patterns
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees