Seamless Core Pattern #165
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Seamless Core Pattern

Source GDJ

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Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background@2X #470
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Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 223 (colour 2) #2352
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Floral Background No Black@2X #476
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Prismatic Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background #565
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Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Floral design 71 #2429
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From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.

Source Firkin

Diagonal Noise #181
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.

Source Christopher Burton

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

Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 29 #200
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Pattern produced in Paint.net using the Vibrato plug-in.

Source Firkin

Cardboard@2X #279
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

Zig-zag pattern 5 #2414
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A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 229 #2151
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From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.

Source Firkin