A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is the remix of "Strawberry Pattern Background" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks. I realigned strawberries so as to get seamless and changed the BG color.
Source Yamachem
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin