Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Here is a new seamless wood texture for using as blog or website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko