From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.
Source Yamachem
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Here's an yet another background for websites, with a seamless texture of wood planks this time.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin