Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
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
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Zero CC tileable hard cover cells, skin like, book texture. 4K, Scanned and made by me CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin