Original minus the background
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
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
A seamless pattern made from the gold Penrose triangle by GDJ and the two remixes
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin