From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
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
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, white Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
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