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reprodepot fabrics Index
The historical index was headed simply “reprodepot fabrics Index.” It ran alphabetically through a very large hosted catalog, mixing fabric categories, individual prints, sewing patterns, notions, books, ribbons, buttons, household pieces, and gifts in one continuous list. The presentation was functional: orange links on a pale yellow field, olive text, and a narrow masthead leading back to Home, Index, Search, and Information.
The index mixed broad departments with individual colorways, tools, patterns, and household goods. The selected routes here emphasize that variety and allow readers to move between category lists and individual catalog records.
Catalog files
- reference home
- fabrics
- customer service history
- dots
- Buttons and Patches
- 40's & 50's
- all Japanese import fabric
- apron & kitchen patterns
- designer fabrics
- miniature-print collection
- Kei Temari — orange
- Katie Dot — sunflower
- Ripples Quilt Pattern
- Aloha! 60 — black
- Goldfish (portable)
- Playground Playdate — blue
- Modern Times
- canary yellow cotton
- western motif study
- bunny damask study
- new arrivals history
- vinyl-coated fabric
A–D: fabric, pattern, and notion entries
- 20's & 30'speriod fabric category
- 40's & 50'speriod fabric category
- 60's & 70'smodern-times category
- abstract & geometricmotif category
- accessory patternssewing patterns
- adhesivesnotions and supplies
- all japanese import fabricimport category
- apron & kitchen patternsproject category
- barkcloth & home decormaterial category
- bias tape & suppliesnotions category
- books & stationerycatalog department
- buttonsnotions category
- childrenmotif category
- collectionsgrouped fabric lines
- dotspattern category
- designersfabric category
How the old index worked
Category and item names were interfiled, so a reader could jump from a broad department to a specific colorway and back again. Opaque filenames were normal for this catalog; they were not evidence of spam. The index includes the fabric department, dots category, Forties and Fifties category, Japanese import category, and several historical item records.
For broader textile context, the Victoria and Albert Museum textile collection offers an authoritative view across printed, woven, and embroidered objects. That external reference is editorial only; the links above remain a compact map of this historical site.