This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Gold Triangular Seamless Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive