Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
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
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward