From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
It’s big, it’s gradient—and it’s square.
Source Brankic1979
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
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 theasad121
Source Firkin
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin