From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
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You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
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In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Here's a new gray "fabric" pattern. Use it as backgrounds for websites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin