A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Vector version of a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
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
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman