From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin