From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen