From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tiny little flowers growing on your screen. Nice, huh?
Source Themes Tube
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
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