A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ