Stanley Furniture Company
FORM OF SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned hereby appoints Micah S. Goldstein and Anita W. Wimmer as the
undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each individually with the
power to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Stanley Furniture Company,
Inc. (the Company), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute or to amend any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and/or similar
authority.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully as the undersigned could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all such attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Power of Attorney.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact in acting in such capacities at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file statements or reports under Section
16(a) of the Act with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17 day of December, 2010.

Dominic P. Dascoli