From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
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
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin