From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop
Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
The image a seamless pattern of a wire-mesh fence.I want you to use this pattern as a lower layer.
Source Yamachem
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin