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The "reform clothes-press fixture" increased closet capacity by mounting to the underside of existing closet shelves. This product, patented in 1886 and first advertised in The Delineator in 1896, consisted of wire crossbars that acted as short rods running from front to back onto which garment hangers could be placed. Multiple garments could hang on each crossbar, side by side for the width of the closet, mimicking ready-made garments on display in clothing stores. Installing these fixtures to modify less efficient closets could be accomplished by purchasing the parts by the piece: crossbars sold for twenty cents each and hangers sold in sets of twelve for $1.00.
