As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by KirstenStar
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox