Peder Moos

Peder Moos (27 January 1906, in Sønderborg – 1 April 1991, in Tønder) was a Danish furniture designer and cabinetmaker who crafted nearly all his pieces himself.

The son of a farmer, he attended Askov Højskole, a folk High School, before training as a cabinetmaker in Jutland and later in Copenhagen.

He attended evening classes at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Einar Utzon-Franck and Kaare Klint.

In place of nails and screws, he used dowels and wedges in another kind of wood, creating special effects almost like marquetry.

[2][1] Apart from a trolley and a triangular coffee table manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Moos produced all his furniture himself.