Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Alternative colour scheme. 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
Alternative colour scheme. 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
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes