From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
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
Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen