Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of pine tree leaves.
Source Yamachem
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
This could be a hippy vintage wallpaper.
Source Tileable Patterns