From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pale olive green background with a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using 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
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen