From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
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
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
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
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin