I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Alternative colour scheme. 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
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin