Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
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