Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo