Document And Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2021	Mar. 26, 2021
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Central Index Key	0000010329
Entity Registrant Name	BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
Amendment Flag	true
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--11-27
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Document Type	10-Q/A
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Feb. 27, 2021
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	000-00209
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	VA
Entity Tax Identification Number	54-0135270
Entity Address, Address Line One	3525 Fairystone Park Highway
Entity Address, City or Town	Bassett
Entity Address, State or Province	VA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	24055
City Area Code	276
Local Phone Number	629-6000
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock ($5.00 par value)
Trading Symbol	BSET
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		9,909,596
Amendment Description	The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 27, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”), is to furnish an updated Form 10-Q to reflect certain edits inadvertently omitted by our financial printing and EDGAR filing service provider to the financial statements, footnotes to financial statements and Item 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (the MD&A). These edits involved certain minor fixes to captions in the financial statements, the elimination of an unnecessary line item in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows, and to add additional detail in the MD&A concerning the impact of raw material cost inflation and supply chain disruptions on our business. There were no changes to our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows as a result of these edits. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 10-Q.