From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
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
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
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 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen