Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

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Background pattern 328 (colour 3) #1799
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Mirrored Squares #123
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.

Source Atle Mo

Padded@2X #62
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.

Source Chris Baldie

Seamless 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 2 #147
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A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Light Honeycomb@2X #60
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.

Source Federica Pelzel

Leather 1@2X #14
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A leather pattern with a hint of yellow.

Source Atle Mo

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Booze pattern #1727
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The tile this is based on was adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by frolicsomepl. It can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 19 (outline) #204
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A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2 #567
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Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2

Source GDJ

Sports car pattern 2 #2441
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A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Bright Multicolored Floral Background@2X #560
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Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Diamond pattern (colour 6) #2280
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin