As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
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 design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
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
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin