From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
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
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin