This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin