A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba