From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A lot of people like the icon patterns, so here’s one for your restaurant blog.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
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
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin