From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
This background image has seamless texture that resembles a surface of gray stone.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "plant pattern 02".I changed the object color to white and the BG to purple.The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
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 square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler