From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
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
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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