Hi, Pat: I've never come across locally sold Gloria sets either. I live in Pennsylvania. I had to buy mine off e-Bay. I have the fireplace you mention, it's a nice piece. I think I probably have the chair from JoAnns that you mentioned, I picked up a couple of them a few years ago and they were supposed to be pin cushions but I thought they looked like doll chairs. lol Magals is expensive, which is why I only have a couple of pieces from them (a birthday present to myself). Their site is http://home.att.net/~magals/ They are very nice people to deal with, excellent workmanship, quick service, trusting and trustworthy, etc. I wish I could afford to buy more of their furniture, but then part of the fun of collecting 1/6 scale accessories is finding them cheap, which usually means it was designed for other use, like your ladies chairs. Robin
Pat Hawkins jhawkins1320@charter.net wrote: I have never seen any Gloria furniture offered in stores here in Alabama, but I have seen it in other stores in other states such as Value City, I believe it's called, in Lou. Ky. (It was at some low priced discount store ) It's very well made & has different pieces from anything I've seen in Barbie stuff & the price is low. I got a fabulous set years ago on my travels,, with the most excellant fireplace you've ever seen. It looks like black & white faux marble & is large emough to go in a Gene Scene as well a Barbie. The Gloria doll herself leaves a LOT to be desired.
Is Magals a store only in your area , does it have a website?
I got some fairly neat Barbie sized overstuffed chairs at JoAnn fabrics a few years ago, which were meant to be used as pincushions. I'm chair crazy , well actually any Barbie sized furniture crazy & find some at unusual places. I got a beanbag one & a couch meant for beanie babies & at a gift shop, there were these weird statues of languid looking ladies which also had chairs you could buy for them to languish in & I got a chair that reminds me of those papa san chairs so popular back awhile. I'm always on the lookout at cheap dollar stores or Big Lots & then of course at gift shops for such things Pat Hawkins
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