A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless canvas texture for using as background on websites. Colored in pale tones of brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin