From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
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A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
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 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
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
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak