From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
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
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova