Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Wasn't satisfied with the original's colouring. Too much component transfer and colormatrixes yet the results are lacking a bit. So this time it is a simple black to transparent fade, making it possible remixing easily once there will be other blending modes supported as well. Probably in inkscape 0.92.
Source Lazur URH
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo