From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
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 mdmelo.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A free seamless texture of reptile skin colored in a dark brown color. As always, you may use it as a repeated background image in your web design works, or for any other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers