From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
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From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
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Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin