This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
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
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a snow crystal.I referred to a book called ”sekka-zusetsu” or "雪華図説" which means an illustrated explanation about snow crystals.This book was published in 1832 (天保3年) or Edo period.For more about "雪華図説",see here:dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2536975
Source Yamachem
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
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
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis