Background pattern green #2027
 Green  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. 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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Triangles pattern #2408
 Brown  CC 0

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

MBossed #193
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.

Source Alex Parker

Background pattern 314 (colour 3) #1837
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 5@2X #510
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 5

Source GDJ

Colorful Floral Pattern Background 8 #230
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

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

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 309 (colour 3) #1864
 Red  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black@2X #456
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Groovepaper@2X #578
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.

Source Isaac

Paper 3@2X #32
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.

Source Atle Mo

Fabric (Plaid)@2X #592
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.

Source James Basoo

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background #565
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Little Pluses@2X #74
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Decorative divider 274 #1922
 Dark  CC 0

Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.

Source Firkin