Sine wave background #1735
 Dark  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

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Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Floral Pattern Background 3 #218
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Fabric pattern (colour 5) #2398
 Fabric  CC 0

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

Vintage tile background #2248
 Brown  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Hexagonal pattern #2379
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Dark Denim #372
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.

Source Marco Slooten

Background pattern 252 (colour 5) #2158
 Light  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 225 (colour 2) #2326
 Yellow  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Cross Stripes #47
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
 Green  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Padded #61
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.

Source Chris Baldie