Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5@2X #466
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5

Source GDJ

Floral design 71 #2429
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 5@2X #510
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 5

Source GDJ

Grilled Noise #581
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.

Source Dertig Media

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 4) #2036
 Colorful  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Broken Noise@2X #365
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.

Source Vincent Klaiber