From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
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
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen