From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
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
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile based on a jpg on Pixabay. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin