From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of leopard skin. It should look nice as a background element on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.