From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of a rough concrete surface.
Source V. Hartikainen
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen