From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso