From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
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
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek