Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
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Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
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Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
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
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen