Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen