This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
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
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf