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
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
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
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.