Call it Mostly Moser. Or rather, Entirely Moser.  The fine furniture maker, Thos. Moser Company,  is debuting up a pop-up shop in SoHo, opening on Friday (the 18th), where a "special inventory-selling event" will be held, featuring showroom samples and the like.  Formerly the home of Shabby Chic, the shop at 83 Wooster Street (just south of Spring Street), will function as a downtown annex to Moser's beautiful uptown showroom location (Madison Avenue between 62nd and 63rd Streets) and will feature hundreds of pieces of Moser's top-quality furniture, from seating of various types (dining, lounge, stools, benches), dining and occasional tables, beds, desks, dining sideboards, and cases.

Not to worry that you have to get there the first day, as inventory will be re-stocked throughout the duration of the event, which will last until early December.  This is the perfect opportunity to snag some of Moser's truly fine work at a "good" price; the company is calling it a "special savings event" and it's bound to be a rare opportunity to select from a large collection of floor models, one-of-a-kinds, not-quite-perfect samples, and first-quality pieces at reduced prices.  While the company specializes in traditional design, the newest collection, MOSERForm, an elegant, less traditional collection of to-the-trade-only goods, is also going to be available.

Thos. Moser has been in business for about thirty years; the company grew from literally a mom-and-pop operation with Moser doing the furniture-making and wife Mary doing everything else?in a barn in Maine.  Today, Moser's got seven showrooms around the country, including the aforementioned Madison Avenue property.  He's also got four sons, three of whom are in the business, and the fourth in a related furniture/interior-building business.  Also, today, there are over 100 fine craftsmen in Maine who provide the hands to master-craft the furniture.

The shop will be open daily, Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.  Sales at the shop are on a first-come, first-served cash-(and credit)-and-carry basis. The nice thing about this is that you won?t have to wait six months to have a piece built that you want--if you see it there, take it home that day!  (And, you'll likely be doing just that with a savings of up to 25%, which on a $3,500 lounge chair amounts to Money.)  The staff will help you load your new possession in to a car (taxi seems more like it, but good luck if it's a dining table!); however, for those large pieces, local delivery (which will be priced based on destination), can be arranged in the shop.
 
For more information, directions/parking suggestions, and delivery rates, call 212-343-9760, check out the Web site, or shoot the company an e-mail at NewYorkShowroom@thosmoser.com.

Posted on September 15, 2009 - by