My debt is to the craftsmen who make our furniture. They are Thos. Moser – not me, them. – Tom Moser
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Posted November 7, 2022
In 1974, Tom and Mary Moser purchased an abandoned church vestry that would become their first showroom for the token sum of five dollars. The only caveat was that they needed to move it.
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Posted September 20, 2022
When asked about the origin of the Dr. White's Chest, Tom Moser recalls, "I remember seeing a stand-alone cupboard with graduated drawers and a sizeable compartment concealed behind two doors on the top at the Shaker Village. I used that as inspiration. The principle was that if a person had a chest of that sort, everything you owned should be able to fit in the chest."
Posted September 1, 2022
'Tis a gift to be simple begins the 18th-century Shaker hymn. The trestle-style dining table is perhaps one of the oldest and simplest furniture forms in existence; the Shakers raised this form into a work of art.
Posted September 30, 2021
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.
Posted September 20, 2021
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.
Posted June 8, 2021
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?"
Posted September 1, 2020
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.
Posted August 25, 2020
There is a reason we call these pieces heirlooms- they’re the keepers of our family’s history. While the design of Joseph Moser’s bookshelf may be simple, it’s a physical symbol that represents the continuity and love of four generations of the Moser family.
Posted February 25, 2020
As a company, Thos. Moser is made up of a family of master craftsmen. It is through our love of crafting with wood that we continuously share our knowledge with others.
Posted December 13, 2019
Posted May 13, 2018
As Tom evolved from teacher to woodworker, he used his skills to continue to educate the next generation of craftsmen.
Posted May 6, 2018
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.
