Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
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
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
He influenced us all. “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo