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
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Watercolor Vintage style CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ