From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen