Note 2 - Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details Textual) € in Thousands, $ in Thousands, ¥ in Millions								3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Feb. 03, 2015 EUR (€)	Feb. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2015 CNY (¥)	Sep. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 06, 2013 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 28, 2015 USD ($)		Nov. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)		Feb. 02, 2015 CNY (¥)
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			$ 16
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		13 years	13 years
Continental Products Limited [Member] | Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		3 years	3 years
Continental Products Limited [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		€ 1,459	$ 1,647
Cash Acquired from Acquisition		€ 329	371
Goodwill			$ 462
Tonsan Adhesive [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs				$ 373
Tonsan Adhesive [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				11 years	11 years
Tonsan Adhesive [Member] | Intellectual Property [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				7 years	7 years
Tonsan Adhesive [Member] | Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				14 years	14 years
Tonsan Adhesive [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired				$ 215,925	¥ 1,400
Cash Acquired from Acquisition				$ 7,754
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				95.00%												95.00%
Business Acquisition, Remaining Percentage of Voting Interests to Be Acquired				5.00%												5.00%
Business Combination, Agreement to Purchase Remaining Equity				$ 11,773					$ 11,773					$ 10,630
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Other Liabilities Adjustment	[1]								(12,352)
Goodwill				$ 125,090					125,090	[1]				$ 155,232	[1]
Tonson Adhesive [Member] | Portion related to Correction of Error Related to Valuation of Contingent Consideration [Member]
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Other Liabilities Adjustment									9,572
Tonson Adhesive [Member]
Business Acquisition, Remaining Percentage of Voting Interests to Be Acquired				5.00%												5.00%
Business Combination, Agreement to Purchase Remaining Equity				$ 13,038					7,714							¥ 82
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High				$ 66,848												¥ 418
ProSpec [Member]
Goodwill						$ 7,443
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross						$ 26,183
Plexbond [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross							$ 10,390
Central America Paints [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities, Current											$ 5,000		$ 8,000
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent									(1,300)
Payment to Settle Contingent Consideration								$ 8,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired									217,572		26,334	$ 8,614
Goodwill									$ 354,204		255,972	263,103
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities, Current											$ 5,000
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent									$ (1,300)			$ 1,211

[1] Included in the current quarter fair value adjustment is the correction of an error related to the valuation of the contingent consideration of $9,572.