Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
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
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Background Wall, Art Abstract, white Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin