Note 1 - Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Nov. 26, 2011
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	1. Description of Business Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Bassett”, “we”, “our”, the “Company”) based in Bassett, Va., is a leading manufacturer, marketer and retailer of branded home furnishings. Bassett’s full range of furniture products and accessories, designed to provide quality, style and value, are sold through an exclusive nation-wide network of 88 retail stores known as Bassett Home Furnishings (referred to as “BHF”) as well as other multi-line furniture stores. Of the 88 stores, the Company owns and operates 49 stores (“Company-owned retail stores”) with 39 independently owned (“licensee operated”). The Company sourced approximately 52% of its wholesale products to be distributed through the store network from various countries, with the remaining volume produced at its two domestic manufacturing facilities.

Note 1 - Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Nov. 26, 2011

1. Description of Business

Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Bassett”, “we”, “our”, the “Company”) based in Bassett, Va., is a leading manufacturer, marketer and retailer of branded home furnishings. Bassett’s full range of furniture products and accessories, designed to provide quality, style and value, are sold through an exclusive nation-wide network of 88 retail stores known as Bassett Home Furnishings (referred to as “BHF”) as well as other multi-line furniture stores. Of the 88 stores, the Company owns and operates 49 stores (“Company-owned retail stores”) with 39 independently owned (“licensee operated”).

The Company sourced approximately 52% of its wholesale products to be distributed through the store network from various countries, with the remaining volume produced at its two domestic manufacturing facilities.