Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker