This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
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A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
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
Nicely executed tiling for an interesting pattern.
Source Ignasi Àvila Padró
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin