A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Found on the ground in french cafe in kunming, Yunnan, china
Source Rejon
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
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
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning