Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
If you want png files of thisu can download them here :
Source Viscious-Speed
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A dark metallic background with a pattern of stamped dots. Here's a dark "metallic" background pattern for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith