Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin