From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
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
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo