Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Seamless Olive Green Web Background Image
Source V. Hartikainen
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo