Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.
Source Sojan Janso
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso