Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
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
The image depicts meshed silhouettes of various things.The original image is an OCAL clipart called "Enter FOSSASIA 2016 #IoT T-shirt Design Contest" uploaded by "openclipart".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
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-brown.
Source Yamachem
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
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
The image depicts a seamless pattern which includes hexagonally-aligned gourds with BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
Source Firkin