From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
Source GDJ
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Zero CC tileable hard cover cells book texture, 4k, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen