History

Exterior images of the Thos Moser workshop in Auburn, Maine.

A Sense of Place

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From the moment we first realized we needed a space in which our customers could interact with our furniture, we’ve purposefully chosen the building intended to house our showrooms with the same attention to detail we apply to making furniture. Each of our showrooms has its tale to tell about the building it inhabits, its region’s architecture, and the local community surrounding it.

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Moving the Vestry

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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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The first Dr. White's chest painted red

Meet Dr. White

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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."

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Wooden dining room table with two elongated chairs.

Shaker Your Plate

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'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.

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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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Great-Grandpa Joe’s Bookshelf

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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.

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Passing on the Skills of Woodworking

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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.

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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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