FREEPORT — The exhibit Barter, Barter, Emerson: The Painters from Maine is on display in the showroom at Thos. Moser, 149 Main St., Freeport. As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to showcase Maine art, the exhibit features over 100 paintings, wood reliefs and wood assemblage from 20 Maine artists. The collected works will on display through […]
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Thos. Moser, L.L.Bean collaborate on luxury fly-tying desk
AUBURN — On Friday, high-end furniture maker Thos. Moser and outdoor retailer L.L.Bean announced a collaboration: the creation of a Limited Edition Fly-Tying Desk, handmade from American black cherry with 20-plus dovetailed drawers. How much? $12,500, plus $750 shipping, making it the most expensive item on llbean.com. And how limited? Just five, and two have […]
Thomas Crotty and his Circle at Thos. Moser
FREEPORT — Thos. Moser with Frost Full Gallery will present Thomas Crotty and his Circle through April 30. The gallery features paintings by Crotty and artists he represented, including Janice Anthony, Joel Babb, Tom Glover, John Laurent, Frank Metz, Charles Reid, Laurence Sisson, Ted Wengren and Sharon Yates. There will be an opening reception from […]
Six Questions For The CEO: Bill McGonagle, Handmade furniture fit for a Pope
Thos. Moser CEO Bill McGonagle and the Auburn company’s 133 employees have a front-row seat, as it were, to history this week. They are making two chairs for Pope Francis’ first U.S. visit. The pope and four cardinals will sit in Catena arm chairs during a visit to Independence Hall, and the pope will sit […]
Moser, Samuelson to receive honorary Bates degrees
LEWISTON — Auburn-based furniture-maker Thomas Moser and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson will be two of the four people receiving honorary degrees from Bates College at its commencement in May. The other two receiving degrees at the 149th commencement ceremonies May 31 are: • Manjul Bhargava, winner of the 2014 Fields Medal for mathematics […]
Rooftop hot spot
AUBURN — Firefighters made quick work of a roof fire Friday at Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers on Wright’s Landing near the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. Early reports were that a rooftop heating unit had caught fire at about 3 p.m. Auburn firefighters called for help from Lewiston, but within minutes, the fire was under control. About a […]
Thos. Moser, W.A. Mitchell win awards
NEW GLOUCESTER — At an awards dinner to be held Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Maine Wood Products Association will present its “Pine Tree Award” to Thos. Moser of Auburn and a new “Pine Cone Award” to W.A. Mitchell Fine Furniture of Farmington, both family owned and operated furniture companies. The Pine Cone Award is given […]
Students from Maryland in Auburn to build furniture for school
AUBURN (AP) — A group of girls from a private boarding school in Maryland is in Maine to build furniture under the tutelage of Thos. Moser. Ten students from St. Timothy’s school in Stevenson, Md., are working this week as apprentices at Thos. Moser in Auburn. They’ll be building dining hall furniture to be used […]