From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
A seamless texture of an abstract wall colored in shades of light orange brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
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
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin