From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Could remind you a bit of those squares in Super Mario Bros, yeh?
Source Jeff Wall
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok