This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
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
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin