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Designed for versatility, the Hunt Chair’s distinctive frame makes extensive use of steambent elements to form a series of gentle curves, lending new lightness and energy to its traditional Regent Chair inspiration. Legs ease gracefully from the floor meeting sturdy mortise-and-tenon joints at the sweeping chair rail. Crafted with elegant floating tenon joints on the back legs, and an upholstered seat base utilizing a rabbet joint to minimize mass, the Hunt Chair achieves a new level of refinement. The chair can be customized either with or without a seat back—providing superior comfort, beauty and durability. The Hunt Chair is an exquisite example of how understanding the past inspires fresh, contemporary design.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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For those who have wished for the pleasures of a recliner but winced at their appearances, the Lolling Chair & Ottoman provide an ideal solution. Shaped to support the curvature of your back, the tufted leather-covered padding strikes just the right balance between firm support and supple cushioning. A simple shift of the five-position back transforms the angle from upright to reclined. The removable headrest is also adjustable. Curved armrests with our hand-rubbed finish provide tactile richness.
The design of this piece owes its form to a porch chair built by Heywood Wakefield shortly after WWII. Made of yellow birch and stained a honey maple, with all rounded corners and awning-like canvas cushions, Wakefield’s chair has found its way to countless porches and sunrooms. Our Lolling Chair serves the eye and the body at rest in the living room, in the den, at home, or in the office.
A CABINETMAKER'S PERSPECTIVE
 The Lolling Chair has been a long time favorite of our customers and one of our best sellers for many years. Cabinetmaker Bob Cabral (holding a freshly-cut Lolling Chair arm) joined our team in 2003. Bob's furniture making talents are wide-ranging, but the Lolling Chair remains one of his favorite pieces to build and he has built a countless number of them for customers all over the world (if you already have yours, take a peek underneath and you just might find his signature).
In the following video clip, Bob is working on assembling the arms of a Lolling Chair and wedging the arms and legs to the base. He will eventually trim off the exposed top of the wedges and sand them so smooth that a rub of the hand will not distinguish between the wedged-tenon joint that holds the arm in place and the surface of the arm itself...
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When you consider the Ellipse Dining Chair, you may find yourself as intrigued by what is not there as what is. Adhering to our tradition of fine craftsmanship, we've created strength and durability with minimal use of material, making each chair look light and airy while ensuring its integrity.
To view the Ellipse Beauty Book, please click below.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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Designed in collaboration between Tom and David Moser and introduced in 2000, the, the Chaise takes its inspiration from furniture designs created by European architects in the 1920's and 1930's. Taking our cue from the likes of Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier, we've replaced tubular steel with the warmth of natural cherry and mortise-and-tenon joinery. The sinuous cherry frame supports a webbed back, upholstered in full-grain leather. A removable headrest provides additional comfort, if desired.
The two-position Chaise reclines fully without any handles or gadgets. Simply lean back and let gravity do the rest. The secret is in the geometry of the pivot, engineered to transfer an adult’s center of gravity from slightly upright to supine in one fluid motion. Tom Moser’s inspiration for this pivot? A contemporary Italian-made aluminum lawn chair he sat in one afternoon in a friend’s backyard. After many days of trial and error, he and David were finally able to make it work in wood.
PLEASE NOTE: The Chaise is available in leather only (no fabric). Online orders are placed without specifying specific leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss leather options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our leather offerings is available HERE.
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The Ellipse Stool is a study in essential design and craftsmanship. With legs that finish in handmade mortise-and-tenon joints, this stool's fine lines combine the tension of captured motion with the efficient use of materials - making it the ideal visual complement to any small dining space.
About Stool Heights
We offer three standard stool seat heights: 25" stools for standard 36" high counters; 27" stools for taller counters; and 31" stools for a 42" bar height. If you require a custom height or are unsure, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
To view the Ellipse Beauty Book, please click below.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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Taking good design down to the bones, the Vita Bed’s simplicity and curved footboard harken back to the Modernist era and the sleeping platforms common in Japan. Despite its delicate appearance, this bed’s loftiness defies its substantial mass. The curved, laminated feet—a Vita hallmark—suspend the mattress snugly in a remarkably strong solid cherry base.
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From its gently tapered legs and exposed end grain to its elliptical drawer pulls. The Ellipse Sideboard is confident in its simplicity - its 4 doors provide abundant storage space without unnecessary ornament. Traditional joinery gives it the strength to stand on its own and ensures generations of everyday use.
To view the Ellipse Beauty Book, please click below.
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SPECIAL NOTE: The Harpswell Chair was specificed as a signature piece in the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas, which opens to the public in May of 2013. Click here for details.
We were previously honored on April 16, 2008 when President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI sat side-by-side in Harpswell Chairs with Back in Walnut during the official White House welcoming ceremony for the Pope. For that complete story, click here.
Contemporary lines. Warm wood grains. The Harpswell dining chairs are naturally beautiful in the truest sense, adding elegance to any room. The back crest is carved from a single piece of cherry to reveal a grain pattern that is unique to each piece, like nature's fingerprint. Well-padded backrests and seats can be upholstered in mohair or a wide variety of fabric coverings. We can also apply material supplied by you.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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When we crafted the Ellipse Dining Table, we were particularly mindful of the need to do more with less. The result? A table with gently tapered legs that finish in multi-dimensional detail. The durability of mortise-and-tenon joinery offers strength without mass, while opening clear site lines, allowing for ample leg room.
To view the Ellipse Beauty Book, please click below.
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Named after the customer who first commissioned it over twenty years ago, the Dr. White's Chest has been built for many homes since. A combination of dovetail, miter, rabbet, lap and butt joints makes this the most demanding single piece of cabinetry we offer. With seven drawers and two cupboards with adjustable shelves, and a secret compartment for storing valuables, the Dr. White's can store a full wardrobe of clothes and sweaters.
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The Pasadena Dining Chair was named "Best of Year" in 2008 for Product Design/Residential Dining Chair by Interior Design magazine...CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
A modern, geometric hourglass defines the telltale shape of the Pasadena Dining Chair, continuing the action set in motion by the Dining Table.
Only one flat plane exists on each chair, where the back and the seat joint are reinforced. Otherwise, they seem more carved than assembled. Their shapely legs are faceted and splayed to provide stability without bulk. The seats are wide and as comfortable as any solid wood dining chair could be without upholstery. The slender back of the Side Chair scrolls up from this strong foundation, using the least amount of material needed to comfortably support the sitter.
The Arm Chair has a central back splat to support its broader profile, and the Side Chair is available with or without a similar back.
As a whole, the Pasadena Dining Chairs enhance the space they inhabit, without overpowering it.
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The Wing Chair is poetry as furniture, marrying our hallmark aesthetics with true comfort. Tracing its lineage back to an 18th-century Queen Anne chair, we have sought to bring new relevance to old forms-successfully coaxing solid cherry into freestanding art. Shaped to cradle the sitter's spine, it would be comfortable in its own right, yet the addition of upholstery makes it luxurious. Carved cherry armrests gently fold over at just the right height and are polished smooth to the touch. Four-inch thick cushions are covered and welted in the fabric or leather of your choice. Your feet will nestle comfortably in the Footrest, curved end to end to support your legs, in harmony with the chair.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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As seen on This Old House.
It's not often you can sink into a solid wood seat. We think the deeply contoured saddle makes this the most comfortable wooden stool ever made. The classic tractor seat shape, rendered in hand-polished cherry, is both inviting and beautiful. Ash legs are attached to the seat with wedged tenons for superior strength.
About Stool Heights
We offer four stool seat heights: 25" stools for standard 36" high counters; 27" stools for taller counters; and 31" stools for a 42" bar height. We also offer our Bowback Stool and High Stool in an 18” height (standard chair seat height) appropriate for a typical 30” high desk/table. If you require a custom height or are unsure, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
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New Gloucester was home to our first shop, not far from the last remaining Shaker Community at Sabbathday Lake. This homage to the spare, graceful design found there will bring a place of serenity to your home. Ideally spaced to envelope the back in comfort, the ash spindles are joined to the back crest and sculpted cherry seat with wedged tenons, fitted at precise angles to allow both adequate flex and deceptive strength.
A CABINETMAKER'S PERSPECTIVE
 The New Gloucester Rocker has been a customer favorite since Tom Moser built the first one in 1984. It continues to be one of our most popular pieces today, which gives testimony to the timelessness of the design. Brenda Swett is one of the most accomplished cabinetmakers in the shop and has always enjoyed building the New Gloucester Rocker for customers all over the world.
In the following video clip, Brenda is working on assembling the arms of a New Gloucester Rocker, and then fitting the pins that will hold the arms, seat, and top crest rail securely to the spindles. This involves fitting the arms, wedging the through tenons that hold them in place, then grinding them down to be flush with the surface of the arms. Pinning involves drilling out the holes for each of the pins, inserting them using a woodworker's glue to ensure they stay in place for decades to come, and finally sanding them to a perfect smoothness...
To watch expanded videos of Brenda working on the New Gloucester Rocker (approx 7-8 minutes each), use these links:
Fitting the arms of a New Gloucester Rocker (full length)
Pinning the spindles of a New Gloucester Rocker (full length)
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A wide, carved plank seat cossets the sitter in this chair. The gently carved crest echoes the illusory lines of the seat and apron, and reverse-tapered legs are cut with three facets to accentuate the play of light. The overall effect is a solid and versatile chair that outlines space with minimal visual effect, an exercise in optical refinement. The Dining Chair has a wide solid cherry back splat that is canted, shaped and polished to highlight its unique growth-ring pattern, emblematic of the passage of time and the trees from which this harmonious furniture is crafted.
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Playing with opposites like light and shadow, space and substance, this table brings all to rest in one satisfying whole. A broad cherry surface ranging from nearly six to over eight feet in length lies upon a unique trestle leg configuration, grounding the table without adding bulk. Splayed wedge feet contribute to the table’s remarkable stability. Four slatted legs converge at the bottom, allowing a parallelogram of air to visually float the table in space. Available in three sizes.
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A wide, carved plank seat cossets the sitter in this chair. The gently carved crest echoes the illusory lines of the seat and apron, and reverse-tapered legs are cut with three facets to accentuate the play of light. The overall effect is a solid and versatile chair that outlines space with minimal visual effect, an exercise in optical refinement.
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Two icons of American design, the contoured tractor seat and the chromed arch of a classic Harley-Davidson motorcycle seat back, are clearly visible in this Thos. Moser original. Like its forebears, the Bowback is a testament to uncluttered utility and simple comfort. Built to withstand generations of daily use, with flitch-cut cherry back and sculpted cherry seat. Ash legs and spindles are attached with wedged tenons for superior strength.
About Stool Heights
We offer three standard stool seat heights: 25" stools for standard 36" high counters; 27" stools for taller counters; and 31" stools for a 42" bar height. We also offer our Bowback Stool and High Stool in an 18” height (standard chair seat height) appropriate for a typical 30” high desk/table. If you require a custom height or are unsure, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
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There is a certain stature and grace to the Sleigh Bed, with its solid cherry frame and curving headboard and footboard. It beckons one to curl up with a good book and nestle against its support. Our Sleigh beds feature mortise and tenon rails and bed bolt covers in brass or nickel silver. NOTE: also available with a single wooden rail footboard.
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Our signature piece, the Continuous Arm Chair, remains a unique, trademarked Moser design. To form the arms eleven knife-cut slices of the same board just one-tenth of an inch thick, called flitch, are laminated together. Then each continuous arm is painstakingly rasped, filed and sanded to a perfect smoothness.
Shown here with our Georgetown Single Pedestal Table
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As seen on This Old House.
Six years in the making by the time it was introduced in 2003, the Newport Chair is a worthy heir to its early-American design heritage. In 1764, the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island purchased twelve low-backed Windsor chairs. For over 200 years these chairs endured, and were in daily use through the 1990's. Today, one of these chairs is on display in the Redwood Library and the other remaining five are housed in the library's vault. The simple yet sturdy form of these classic chairs inspired our own 21st-century edition. A refined workhorse of a chair-able to support 10-15 times its weight, it will happily endure the rigors of everyday life, growing more beautiful over time.
The Newport Chair and one of the original twelve chairs at the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island after over two centuries of use.
A CABINETMAKER'S PERSPECTIVE
 As Tom Moser’s fourth and youngest son, David Moser grew up in and around the shop. He’s done everything from sweeping up when he was a young boy, to coordinating showroom openings and working in marketing during his career. Now David has become an award-winning furniture designer in his own right. Although principally designed by his father, the Newport Chair remains one of David’s favorite pieces that we make. In this video, David explains some of the things that make this such a special and enduring piece, from both the design and construction perspective...
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Available in a single or double pedestal version, this table has classic proportions supported by an innovative leg design. Grain-matched cherry legs are individually shaped to create eight facets that uniquely capture light and shadow. Each leg is reinforced with triangular wooden pieces, or splines, that are wedged into the mitered joints. The result is a distinguished table of uncommon strength and beauty.
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The Crescent Bureaus were originally inspired by a customer who desired a curved adaptation of our standard dresser. To create the bow shaped drawers of the Crescent series we have laminated together flitches of solid cherry rather than steam bending them. Their gentle curve is echoed in the lines of the top and in the serpentine carved base.
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The Vita Chair and Ottoman represent the evolution of our design ethos, merging the sentiments of modernism with the substance, grace, and tradition of solid cherry and leather. The Vita Collection pays tribute to master architect Mies van der Rohe, originator of the term "less is more", by harnessing the natural strength of wood to achieve suspension and cantilever with minimal form. The curved back and tufted cushions echo a familiar silhouette, while the architecture of the base and the materials are something else entirely. A solid, matched-grain cherry back and seat are joined in an ergonomically curved frame. The seat and back cushions are meticulously hand stitched to ensure a sleek, tailored surface that is resoundingly comfortable.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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At first glance, the hourglass lines of the Aria Chair evoke a more glamorous age when Old World design influences met a newly minted urbane American public. Upon closer examination, you’ll see that the Aria Collection has much in common with the soft patterns etched by the sea on a sandy shore: gentle ridges and undulating crescents that tease the eye with familiarity—perfect companion pieces for any furniture with a more rectilinear form.
The shell-like back of the Aria Chair is methodically crafted with hand-carved convex and concave curves. Each grain-matched stave is carved and attached to its mate with concealed alignment pins. The arms of the armchair connect with a floating tenon that merges flush with the back and seat. Unlike stacked and laminated furniture, the entire surface is seamless to the touch. Sophisticated tapered legs offer stability and strength while custom upholstery lends additional softness and texture.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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Light ash contrasts with dark cherry. Curves meet faceted planes. When the afternoon sunlight casts shadows through the spindles of our Eastward Chair the effect can be breathtaking. The flexibility of the spindles makes this one of the most comfortable wooden chairs made.
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To create the back crest of the Harpswell Stool, we begin with a three-inch-block of cherry, called a twelve-quarter by the lumber mills. As we carve into the block, swirling grain patterns emerge. Each crest is an individual canvas - no two are alike. When the seats are lined up together the effect is stunning. We've added our skill as joiners of wood, but nature has held the paintbrush.
About Stool Heights
We offer three standard stool seat heights: 25" stools for standard 36" high counters; 27" stools for taller counters; and 31" stools for a 42" bar height. If you require a custom height or are unsure, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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In adapting traditional Arts and Crafts forms, we wanted to achieve a lightness not found in the furniture popularized during the period. A gradual reverse tapering of the front legs gives weight to the bottom of these chairs while terminating gracefully at the top. This slight taper is echoed in the back design, which resembles a Wright-style stained-glass window. The armchair features a visible through joint on the armrest. Mortise-and-tenon joints are glued and pinned to ensure a secure fit for generations of use.
PLEASE NOTE: Online orders are placed without specifying specific fabric or leather choice. Due to the wide range of options available, we will contact you to verify your preferences and help make your selection after you complete your online order. If you prefer to discuss upholstery options before placing your order, simply visit your nearest showroom or just give us a call.
An overview of our upholstery and leather offerings is available HERE.
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