Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
Source Firkin
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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 seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin