The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
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
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin