From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen
Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
A blue gray fabric-like texture for websites. An yet another fabric-like texture. It has subtle vertical and diagonal stripes to it.
Source V. Hartikainen