From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
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
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
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 formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Watercolor Vintage style CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen