Thos. Moser 2015 Fall/Winter Catalog

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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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$1360

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

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HARTFORD LOUNGE CHAIR

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HARTFORD SOFA

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$8950

33H x 81W x 31D (as shown in walnut)

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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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$1350

17H x 50W x 29D (as shown in walnut)

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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

31H x 22W x 20D (right)

CUMBERL AND STOOL

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$1250

27H x 20W x 18D (as shown in walnut, center)

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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$2000

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EAST WARD ARM CHAIR

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EAST WARD SIDE CHAIR

$1420

43H x 24W x 24D (as shown in walnut)

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EAST WARD BENCH

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$2340

34H x 63W x 22D

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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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$1370

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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$5900

39H x 59W x 18D (as shown in walnut)

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CUMBERL AND STOOL

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$1250

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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

PORTL AND CHAIR

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$1250

30H x 19W x 21D

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EAST WARD ARM CHAIR

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$1420

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EAST WARD BENCH

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34H x 63W x 22D (as shown in walnut)

BOAT TOP TABLE

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HUNTBOARD

30H x 40W x 72L (as shown in walnut)

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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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$2550

37H x 27W x 33D

ELLIPSE OTTOMAN

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$700

14H x 21W x 17D

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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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$580 | OVAL

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$630

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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$1880

39H x 23W x 37D

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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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$10830

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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