From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
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
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
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
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes