From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
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
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf