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
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
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
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Paper model of a tetrahedron. Modelo de papel de um tetraedro.
Source laobc
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin