A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie