From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight
An alternative colour scheme for the original seamless texture formed from an image on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This could be a hippy vintage wallpaper.
Source Tileable Patterns
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin