Zero CC tileable seed texture, edited by me to be seamless from a Pixabay image. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileabel stone granite texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen