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It was founded in 1902 by John D. Bassett, Charles C. Bassett, Samuel H. Bassett, Reed L. Stone. Bassett Furniture is one of the oldest furniture manufacturers in Virginia. Bassett operates approximately 60 retail locations in the United States and Puerto Rico and licenses its retail brand to about 40 additional locations. [1] [2]
John David Bassett, Sr. (July 14, 1866 – February 26, 1965) was a noted American industrialist who formed the Bassett Furniture Company in 1902. During the late 1960s, the Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., was the largest manufacturer of wooden furniture in the world, with sales of over $118 million in 1968.
In late 2003, Stanley Furniture joined Vaughan-Bassett Furniture, Bassett Furniture and 20 other furniture manufacturers in filing an anti-dumping petition with the U.S. Government. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The petition was intended to aid the companies in collecting duties against Chinese furniture manufacturers they suspected were selling products in the ...
Bassett is located along the Smith River (Virginia), which flooded in 1937. "Flood of Oct. 19, 1937, reached a stage of about 22.9 ft, from information by local residents, discharge, 38,000 ft³/s, from rating curve extended above 23,000 ft³/s on basis of backwater studies and records for station at Martinsville."
The Bassett Furnituremakers were a minor league baseball team based in Bassett, Virginia, USA that played from 1935 to 1940. Bassett was a member of the Bi-State League (1935–1940) and the Blue Ridge League (1950). Bassett was an affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940), Cincinnati Reds (1939) and New York Yankees (1936–1937).
William Bassett (c. 1590 – 1667) was an English artisan, a migrant to North America. Bassett came to Plymouth on the ship Fortune in November 1621, possibly as a single man, according to author Charles Banks. During his long life he was involved in many colony governmental activities and business ventures, being one of the original members of ...
Though founded in 1924, it is now best known as the house brand of The Home Depot, where it is exclusively sold. Its hand tools are manufactured for Home Depot by Western Forge, Apex Tool Group, and Iron Bridge Tools. [1] Its slogan is "The toughest name in tools." Home Depot also carries a higher end line of tools marked Husky Pro.
Designer Depot is a Canadian deep discount department store and liquidation store that sold brand names at prices 25 to 60% below regular department and specialty store prices. Retailer Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) created the division in November 2004 and sold it in April 2008 to the INC Group of Companies.