From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable ground cracked, crackled, texture, made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen