Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova