In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
A seamless canvas texture for using as background on websites. Colored in pale tones of brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
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
To get the tile this is based on, 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