From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
The image depicts the Japanese Edo pattern called "seigaiha" or "青海波" meaning "blue -sea- wave".I hope it's suitable for the summer season.
Source Yamachem
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
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
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ