Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
This light blue background pattern is quite pleasing to the eye, it consists of a tiny rough grid pattern, which is seamless by design. That's it, if you like the color, you can use this seamless pattern in a web design without making any further modifications to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Found on the ground in french cafe in kunming, Yunnan, china
Source Rejon
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin