From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
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
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
Wasn't satisfied with the original's colouring. Too much component transfer and colormatrixes yet the results are lacking a bit. So this time it is a simple black to transparent fade, making it possible remixing easily once there will be other blending modes supported as well. Probably in inkscape 0.92.
Source Lazur URH
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
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