Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "Background pattern 115" uploaded by "Firkin".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen