Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.
Source Sojan Janso
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen