More Textures
Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Decorative divider 289 #1819
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.

Source Firkin

Sports car pattern 2 #2441
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Retro Circles Background 6@2X #429
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

White Sand@2X #20
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Grilled Noise #581
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.

Source Dertig Media

Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.

Source Firkin

Simple bump #172
 Dark  CC 0

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

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Diagonal Noise #181
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Christopher Burton

Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin