As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6
Source GDJ
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background
Source GDJ