Every business has a secret to its success. JP Weaver Company, makers of fine interior architectural mouldings, credits composition ornament as its star ingredient. In the hands of master carver Rob Tyler, the historic moulding has inspired many of the company’s signature designs, including the Petitsin Collection that oers myriad moulding combinations.
While principal designer, Stephanie Croce, and her team derive inspiration from 18th-century French interiors, 100 percent of JP Weaver’s work emanates from its Glendale, California, studio. “We are wholly American designed and made,” she says.
JP Weaver was historically known in the Los Angeles area as the premier source for ornaments used to enrich elaborate fine art frames for the picture-framing industry. And for over 50 years, the company created and produced the elegantly gilded picture frames for the iconic Pasadena Rose Parade floats.
This opened the doors to the movie industry, with set designers looking to JP Weaver’s mouldings as a well-known and well-used resource to create the backdrops for countless feature films and television shows. Now, in addition to estatesized custom homes, JP Weaver mouldings are found in five-star hotels and ballrooms. Highly regarded in California for its restoration work, particularly in Pasadena and Hollywood movie theaters, JP Weaver’s repertoire also includes the restoration of the ornate plaster interiors of the Sacramento State Capitol building.
“As a small business in an ever-evolving and competitive economy, the pressure of cheaper and faster is a stark reality. But Americans have come to realize that a quality product made in America is worth paying more for.”