A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo