Prismatic Floral Background No Black #475
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Prismatic Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

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Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
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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

Paper 2 #21
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.

Source Atle Mo

Merely Cubed #589
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.

Source Etienne Rallion

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 2) #2038
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The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Vintage pattern #1961
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Green Gobbler #85
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.

Source Simon Meek

Simple bump #172
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A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw

Source Lazur URH

Colourful background #2010
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Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Gold Scale@2X #285
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.

Source Josh Green

Retro Squares Background 5 #395
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Retro Squares Background 5

Source GDJ

Background pattern 222 (colour 2) #2344
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A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 339 (colour) #1708
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The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin