From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin