From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
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
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin