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On the cover: Hartford Sofa and Coffee Table
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A FAMILY As many of you know, I started Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers in
each piece’s worthiness of 1) the gift of the natural materials
1972 in response to an insistent calling to use my hands to
chosen, 2) the sensitive and disciplined eye of its designer, and
make furniture in wood. Along with my wife Mar y and my four
3) the practiced hands and countless heartbeats given to its
sons, we built what now comprises a family of craftsmen some
making. The right to deny a signature, should any piece fall
70 strong, all united by a single commitment: to make things in
short, is as much the craftsman’s responsibility as it is to
wood better than just about anyone else on the planet. This
confirm the highest standards met on behalf of the entire
year, on the occasion of a second papal visit to the U.S., this
family.
time in Philadelphia, our Harpswell chair has been chosen once again for His Holiness, so it seems we may be gaining on
As we continue our evolution to enrich the lives of our
our ambition.
community, and to be evermore relevant, we must collaborate with others to innovate in design, in material, in application.
The manifestation of our commitment to excellence is our
We must push to make our pieces ever better; pieces to which
signature on ever y piece of furniture. Mine was the first, and
nothing can be added, and nothing taken away. We hope you
you will meet others throughout these pages whose signatures
will see the depth of our commitment in these pages.
you may even find on your pieces. It is indeed our craftsmen, with his or her own signature, who hold the honor to testify to
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MASTHEAD EXECUTIVE FOUNDER Tom Moser CEO Bill McGonagle CREATIVE DIRECTOR/EDITOR Susan Davis ART DIRECTOR Ashley Curr y DIRECTOR OF DESIGN Adam Rogers MARKETING DIRECTOR Scott Wentzell
PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY Trent Bell
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF DESIGN Adam Rogers
FEATURED CRAFTSMEN Warren Shaw George Estabrook Brenda Swett Geoff Hindall Ramsy Uter Glenn Dehetre
The above list of acknowledgements comprises but a few members of the Thos. Moser family. From Auburn, Maine and coast to coast across our showrooms, all are integral and all are thanked here. We are makers, designers and big dreamers whose gravitational pull at Thos. Moser is the pursuit of excellence in American craft. It is with fondness and admiration, that we especially thank our craftsmen featured in this edition for generously allowing us into their hearts to share with our customers the ‘oneness of everyone’. Their contribution reminds us why we are here.
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THOS. MOSER CONTINUOUS ARM CHAIR ™ 41H x24W x24D (as shown in walnut)
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NEWPORT CHAIR 30H x22W x22D
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$1270
CUMBERL AND DINING CHAIR
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HANCOCK CHAIR
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WARREN SHAW, PROTOT YPING SINCE 1992
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? I would enjoy working with adoptive and foster children and their families at A Bend in the Road in Hartford. — atabendintheroad.com
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? Spending time with my family, Amy, Bennett and Sofiya working, laughing and making memories.
What’s your favorite all-time song? Amazing Grace by John Newton, a former slave trader who became a Christian.
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HARTFORD LIVING COLLECTION
NE W IN SHOW ROOMS FA LL 2015
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HARTFORD SOFA
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HARTFORD MEDIA CASE
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HARTFORD SIDE TABLE
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$950
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HARTFORD COFFEE TABLE
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HARTFORD NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015 At Thos. Moser, I consider the design process an
With Hartford, my intention was to continue
exercise in assigning form to a philosophy or an
evolving the Moser aesthetic while remaining
established set of ideals. The furniture then is
faithful to the ideals that Tom Moser himself
grounded by those ideals while satisfying the
established in the beginning.
imperatives of function, comfort and delight. As a follow up to my last collection, Cumberland, My challenge is to create objects that are
the town where I live, Hartford takes its name
respectful of wood as a precious resource,
from the town of Warren Shaw. Warren is my
communicative of our capabilities in craft through
partner in the prototyping of new products and a
thoughtful detailing, and whose existence is
man without whom these ideas would remain just
evidence of our talented craftsmen’s unwavering
that.
commitment to quality. - Adam Rogers , Director of Design
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GEORGE ESTABROOK, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 1997
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? Logging or expanding our weekend warrior based business below.
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? Hunting treasure with my family at auctions, estate sales and yard sales.
What’s your favorite all-time song? Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road.
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SPECIAL EDITION: CUMBERLAND DINING CHAIR WITH RUSH SEAT NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015 When designing Cumberland last year, I considered including a rush seat but opted at that time to wait. One year later, and with time to reflect, I came back to the rush seat. I feel it deepens the connection of this piece to the traditions and history of furniture making while serving as a visual commentary on our commitment to balancing tradition with an ever evolving aesthetic. As a form of seating hundreds of years old, rush seats are comfortable and durable with an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. Strands of rush are woven into rope-like lengths in a closely spaced manner around a wooden seat frame to create strong, lightweight and slightly flexible seating. Several different types of fibers can be used to make a rush seat such as cattails, bull rushes, seagrass and the fiber rush employed here. We are proud to partner with Maine artisan Bernard Zike to offer this special edition handmade seat for the Cumberland Dining Chair. - Adam Rogers , Director of Design
CUMBERL AND RUSH CHAIR
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BOWBACK STOOL
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$1110
37H x 22W x 20D (31 inch seat height, left)
HIGH STOOL
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$1000
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CUMBERL AND STOOL
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HANCOCK CHAIR NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015 Reference to traditional furniture forms has long been a
aesthetic perspective, through the lens of our ideals at
practice of Thos. Moser, including Tom Moser’s Continuous
Thos. Moser, combining hi tech computerized machining
Arm Chair ™, a reference to traditional Windsor forms.
with lo tech hand tooling in service of uncompromising quality.
Here, the vehicle is the ladder back, a form made popular by and typically associated with the Shakers of the 18th
Named after the Hancock Shaker Village, this chair offers
and 19th centuries. Given the strong compatibility of ideals,
a contemporary take on a historic furniture form.
Tom’s early work was influenced and inspired by Shaker furniture. My design philosophy, and that embodied by
- Adam Rogers , Director of Design
Shaker work, is also highly compatible, and the ladder back seemed like the right vehicle for me to express my
HANCOCK CHAIR
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EAST WARD ARM CHAIR
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EAST WARD SIDE CHAIR
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43H x 24W x 24D (as shown in walnut)
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EAST WARD BENCH
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BRENDA SWETT, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 1987
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? I was considering going to school to be a hair stylist before I got a job at Thos. Moser. Landscaping would be fun and good exercise (without the bugs, of course).
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? Playing volleyball, golfing, bowling, bass fishing, gardening.
What’s your favorite all-time song? Landslide, Fleetwood Mac.
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CUMBERL AND DINING CHAIR
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29H x 23W x 21D (as shown in walnut)
CUMBERL AND DINING TABLE
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$3500
30H x 42W x 81L (as shown in walnut)
CUMBERL AND SIDEBOARD
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CUMBERL AND STOOL
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PORTLAND BY BENJAMIN KLEBBA FOR THOS. MOSER
NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015 I grew up in Michigan, the son of a craftsman who built the house I grew up in, the furniture within it, and wooden sailboats our family would take out on Lake Huron. I swept the floor of my dad’s shop and sanded many boards, making Adirondack chairs to sell in the summer to make extra cash. I now live in Portland, Oregon and own Phloem Studio, where my father and I and a small team make contemporary furniture. I’m covered in sawdust most days. We keep our furniture simple, with an emphasis on traditional joinery and natural materials. I was honored to design a chair for Thos. Moser. Tom’s spindle back chairs were an inspiration. I wanted to make a side chair or café chair that was strong but minimal, inspired by Danish modernism and Shaker simplicity, with exposed joinery and turned and tapered limbs. I named the chair Portland, after the place I call home and the other, older Portland I was happy to visit in Maine. - Benjamin Klebba
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EAST WARD ARM CHAIR
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EAST WARD BENCH
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BOAT TOP TABLE
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HUNTBOARD
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GEOFF HINDALL, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 2006
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? Before I started here, I trained as a boat builder. So if I weren’t making furniture, I’ d be building boats.
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? For several years, my family and I have helped build sets for plays at the middle school. My favorite was a cruise ship set we built for a production of Anything Goes.
What’s your favorite all-time song? Van Morrison, Into the Mystic.
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ELLIPSE LOUNGE CHAIR
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ELLIPSE OTTOMAN
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ELLIPSE ARM CHAIR
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$1250
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ELLIPSE SIDE CHAIR
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$1000
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RAMSY UTER, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 2007
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? I would be doing hand car ved custom furniture.
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? I like to cook, hang out with the kids, tell jokes. I enjoy the laughter and the togetherness.
What’s your favorite all-time song? One Love by Bob Marley. Reminds me of the oneness with ever yone.
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TABLE MINIMUS RECTANGUL AR • $530 | SQUARE 23H x 21W x 15D | 23H x 15W x 15D
ROUND
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23H x 15 Diameter | 23H x 21W x 15D
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$530
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NEW GLOUCESTER ROCKER
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PASADENA ROCKER 42H x 25W x 40D
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HARPSWELL ARM CHAIR WITH BACK • $1570 35H x 23W x 23D
HARPSWELL SIDE CHAIR WITH BACK • $1420 35H x 19W x 22D
DR. WHITE’S CHEST
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71H x 42W x 21D
GEORGETOWN SINGLE PEDESTAL EXTENSION TABLE • $4920 30H x 48W x 48-70L
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GLENN DEHETRE, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 1988
If you weren’t a craftsman at Thos. Moser, what would you be doing? Designing, building, fabricating motorcycles, hot rods, from ground up to finished paint.
When you’re not working, what is your greatest source of enjoyment? Just hanging out with family, my grandson, or taking a long day trip on the motorcycle on a nice, warm, sunny day.
What’s your favorite all-time song? Mercur y Blues, Steve Miller.
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CHAISE
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COOPER BY BRIAN K ANE FOR THOS. MOSER
NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015 Cooper (n): a person who makes or repairs wooden casks or barrels To Cooper (v): to work as a cooper; to work at or do coopering First known use: 14th century The centuries old art of barrel making, using the technique of manipulating staves or individual pieces of steam-bent wood, is the inspiration for Thos. Moser’s Cooper Chair. Designed by Brian Kane, the name Cooper is reminiscent of Brian’s longstanding connection to Napa, his second home. Perhaps the fruits of this valley, contained in the barrels themselves, have something to do with Brian’s interesting and innovative approach to coopering.
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