To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
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
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin