Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin