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
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin