Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran