To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
Source Firkin
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin