A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin