From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Zero CC tillable hard cover red book with X shape marks. Scanned and made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes