From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon