thos. moser 2015 fall/winter catalog

2015 FALL/WINTER2015 FALL/WINTER

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GUARANTEED FOR LIFE • THOSMOSER.COM • 800.862.1973

On the cover: Hartford Sofa and Coffee Table

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As many of you know, I started Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers in

1972 in response to an insistent calling to use my hands to

make furniture in wood. Along with my wife Mary and my four

sons, we built what now comprises a family of craftsmen some

70 strong, all united by a single commitment: to make things in

wood better than just about anyone else on the planet. This

year, on the occasion of a second papal visit to the U.S., this

time in Philadelphia, our Harpswell chair has been chosen

once again for His Holiness, so it seems we may be gaining on

our ambition.

The manifestation of our commitment to excellence is our

signature on every piece of furniture. Mine was the first, and

you will meet others throughout these pages whose signatures

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

each piece’s worthiness of 1) the gift of the natural materials

chosen, 2) the sensitive and disciplined eye of its designer, and

3) the practiced hands and countless heartbeats given to its

making. The right to deny a signature, should any piece fall

short, is as much the craftsman’s responsibility as it is to

confirm the highest standards met on behalf of the entire

family.

As we continue our evolution to enrich the lives of our

community, and to be evermore relevant, we must collaborate

with others to innovate in design, in material, in application.

We must push to make our pieces ever better; pieces to which

nothing can be added, and nothing taken away. We hope you

will see the depth of our commitment in these pages.

A FAMILY

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MASTHEAD

EXECUTIVE

FOUNDER

Tom Moser

CEO

Bill McGonagle

CREATIVE

DIRECTOR/EDITOR

Susan Davis

ART DIRECTOR

Ashley Curry

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.

THOS. MOSER CONTINUOUS ARM CHAIR ™ • $1360

41H x24W x24D (as shown in walnut)


NEWPORT CHAIR • $1270

30H x22W x22D

CUMBERLAND DINING CHAIR • $1370

29H x 23W x 21D (as shown in walnut)

HANCOCK CHAIR • $2000

35H x24W x23D (as shown in walnut)

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WARREN SHAW, PROTOTYPING 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.

For more on Thos. Moser, our

family and our complete portfolio,

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HARTFORD LIVING COLLECTION

NE W IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015

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HARTFORD LOUNGE CHAIR • $2900


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HARTFORD SOFA • $8950



HARTFORD MEDIA CASE • $6750


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HARTFORD SIDE TABLE • $950

24H x 17 Diameter (as shown in walnut)

HARTFORD COFFEE TABLE • $1350


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NEW IN SHOWROOMS FALL 2015

At Thos. Moser, I consider the design process an

exercise in assigning form to a philosophy or an

established set of ideals. The furniture then is

grounded by those ideals while satisfying the

imperatives of function, comfort and delight.

My challenge is to create objects that are

respectful of wood as a precious resource,

communicative of our capabilities in craft through

thoughtful detailing, and whose existence is

evidence of our talented craftsmen’s unwavering

commitment to quality.

With Hartford, my intention was to continue

evolving the Moser aesthetic while remaining

faithful to the ideals that Tom Moser himself

established in the beginning.

As a follow up to my last collection, Cumberland,

the town where I live, Hartford takes its name

from the town of Warren Shaw. Warren is my

partner in the prototyping of new products and a

man without whom these ideas would remain just

that.

- Adam Rogers , Director of Design

HARTFORD

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GEORGE ESTABROOK, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 1997


Logging or expanding our weekend warrior based business below.


Hunting treasure with my family at auctions, estate sales and yard

sales.


Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road.



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SPECIAL EDITION: CUMBERLAND DINING CHAIR WITH RUSH SEAT

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.


CUMBERLAND RUSH CHAIR • $1520



BOWBACK STOOL • $1110

37H x 22W x 20D (31 inch seat height, left)

HIGH STOOL • $1000

31H x 22W x 20D (right)

CUMBERLAND STOOL • $1250

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

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Reference to traditional furniture forms has long been a

practice of Thos. Moser, including Tom Moser’s Continuous

Arm Chair ™, a reference to traditional Windsor forms.

Here, the vehicle is the ladder back, a form made popular

by and typically associated with the Shakers of the 18th

and 19th centuries. Given the strong compatibility of ideals,

Tom’s early work was influenced and inspired by Shaker

furniture. My design philosophy, and that embodied by

Shaker work, is also highly compatible, and the ladder

back seemed like the right vehicle for me to express my

aesthetic perspective, through the lens of our ideals at

Thos. Moser, combining hi tech computerized machining

with lo tech hand tooling in service of uncompromising

quality.

Named after the Hancock Shaker Village, this chair offers

a contemporary take on a historic furniture form.


HANCOCK CHAIR • $2000


HANCOCK CHAIR

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EASTWARD ARM CHAIR • $1420


EASTWARD SIDE CHAIR • $1290



EASTWARD BENCH • $2340

34H x 63W x 22D

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BRENDA SWETT, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 1987


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).


Playing volleyball, golfing, bowling, bass fishing, gardening.


Landslide, Fleetwood Mac.



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CUMBERLAND DINING CHAIR • $1370


CUMBERLAND DINING TABLE • $3500

30H x 42W x 81L (as shown in walnut)

CUMBERLAND SIDEBOARD • $5900


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CUMBERLAND STOOL • $1250


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PORTLAND CHAIR • $1250

30H x 19W x 21D

BY BENJAMIN KLEBBA FOR THOS. MOSER

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


PORTLAND

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EASTWARD BENCH • $2680


EASTWARD ARM CHAIR • $1420


EASTWARD SIDE CHAIR • $1290



HUNTBOARD • $6900


BOAT TOP TABLE • $4560

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

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GEOFF HINDALL, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 2006


Before I started here, I trained as a boat builder. So if I weren’t mak-

ing furniture, I’ d be building boats.


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.


Van Morrison, Into the Mystic.



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ELLIPSE LOUNGE CHAIR • $2550

37H x 27W x 33D

ELLIPSE OTTOMAN • $700

14H x 21W x 17D

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ELLIPSE ARM CHAIR • $1250


ELLIPSE SIDE CHAIR • $1000


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RAMSY UTER, CRAFTSMAN SINCE 2007


I would be doing hand carved custom furniture.


I like to cook, hang out with the kids, tell jokes. I enjoy the laughter

and the togetherness.


One Love by Bob Marley. Reminds me of the oneness with everyone.



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TABLE MINIMUSRECTANGULAR • $530 | SQUARE • $530

23H x 21W x 15D | 23H x 15W x 15D

ROUND • $580 | OVAL • $630

23H x 15 Diameter | 23H x 21W x 15D

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NEW GLOUCESTER ROCKER • $1880

39H x 23W x 37D

PASADENA ROCKER • $3300

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 • $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


Designing, building, fabricating motorcycles, hot rods, from ground

up to finished paint.


Just hanging out with family, my grandson, or taking a long day trip on

the motorcycle on a nice, warm, sunny day.


Mercury Blues, Steve Miller.



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CHAISE • $3890

41H x 26W x 54L

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For more information and additional options,

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BY BRIAN KANE FOR THOS. MOSER

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.


COOPER

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