From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
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
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
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