Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin