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 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
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
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
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
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin