This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Art Nouveau ornament" uploaded by "microcosme".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of an Art Nouveau ornament.
Source Yamachem
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber