Background pattern 253 #2153
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

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Floral design 90 #1815
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From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Rice Paper 2 #340
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Floral Background@2X #474
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Prismatic Floral Background

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 218 #2232
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.

Source Firkin

Hexagonal pattern #2379
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A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 3 #505
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Prismatic Dots Background 3

Source GDJ

Axiom Pattern@2X #331
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.

Source Struck Axiom

Seamless Core Pattern 3 #167
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Seamless Core Pattern 3

Source GDJ

Floral background 5 #2404
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #442
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Floral Pattern Background 3 #218
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PDP

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 6 #428
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Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Seamless Wood Pattern #889
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 117 #524
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A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.

Source Firkin

Pattern generator #161
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A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Retro Squares Background@2X #415
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Retro Squares Background

Source GDJ