Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
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
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen