From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Rain on Window" uploaded by "pagarmidna".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of raindrops.
Source Yamachem
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo