Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
This is a more minute version of "fishnet 01".The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
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Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo