From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
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
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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 white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin