The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeatable image with dark background and metal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin