From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
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
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
Looks as if it's spray painted on the wall. You can be sure that this pattern will seamlessly fill your backgrounds on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A web texture of brown canvas. Will look great, when used in dark web designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin