Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
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
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
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
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ