From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
The tile this is based on was adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by frolicsomepl. It can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To celebrate the new feature, we need some sparkling diamonds.
Source Atle Mo
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall