From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen