From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Found on the ground in french cafe in kunming, Yunnan, china
Source Rejon
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
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
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin