From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
A background pattern with green vertical stripes. A new striped background pattern. This time a green one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Geometric Pattern With Background
Source GDJ
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ