One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin