From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Pattern produced in Paint.net using the Vibrato plug-in.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker