History

Victorian home set back in a field with sparse trees on a foggy day

The Pink House: A look inside our 2021 holiday home

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This scenic location of the owner's new property rekindled the joys of childhood summers spent in Maine. However, this idyllic location lacked one thing: a house. Located one hundred miles away, they purchased a 200-year-old Victorian home and began the process of moving it, piece by piece, to their dream location.

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Bedroom with Pencil Post Bed in cherry with white linens and woolen blankets, Shaker round stand in cherry with books and coffee cup to right of bed, Captains Chest in cherry with blankets folded on top sits at the foot of the bed. Picture of a map hangs on the wall

Camels and Outposts: Historical Antecedents of our Pencil Post Bed

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It's hard to imagine our Pencil Post bed folding down the size of a large suitcase. But the solid wood design was inspired by the early modular English Field Bed, built to support a canvas mattress and canopy of mesh netting to keep out mosquitos. However, if we dig even further into antiquity, we find the roots of our four-poster bed go even deeper.

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Unwrapping Innovation

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Dr. Heibert said, "I want a wheel made entirely of native oak, in the old-world style. No plywood, just oak to age in dignity. Of course, it needs to be perfectly balanced to drive a wooden set of gears and power a generator. Can you do it?"

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The Thos. Moser Continuous Arm Chair, An Icon of Evolutionary Design

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When our founder, Tom Moser, began his journey of becoming a full-time furniture maker, the Windsor style had fallen out of favor. Nevertheless, he set out to design his modern iteration of the Windsor chair, a design that would go on to become synonymous with the Thos. Moser name.

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Passing on the Skills of Woodworking

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The Moser’s First Maine Christmas

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Telling the Tale

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As Tom evolved from teacher to woodworker, he used his skills to continue to educate the next generation of craftsmen.

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Books & Wood

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In a library, one is inspired to levels of greater inquiry by those billions of words. Furniture for such a compelling environment should reflect that spirituality and sense of timelessness.

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