Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin