To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
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
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo