A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen