CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin