From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin