From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Cubes, geometry, 3D. What’s not to love?
Source Michael Atkins
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen