Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Wasn't satisfied with the original's colouring. Too much component transfer and colormatrixes yet the results are lacking a bit. So this time it is a simple black to transparent fade, making it possible remixing easily once there will be other blending modes supported as well. Probably in inkscape 0.92.
Source Lazur URH
The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture of a rough concrete surface.
Source V. Hartikainen