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                                                                     EXHIBIT 23B




                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




Board of Directors
Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated
Bassett, Virginia

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
33-52405, 33-52407 and 333-60327) on Form S-8 of Bassett Furniture Industries,
Incorporated and subsidiaries of our report dated November 22, 1999, relating to
the balance sheets of International Home Furnishings Center Inc. as of October
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity
(deficit)and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October
31, 1999, which report is incorporated by reference in the November 27, 1999
annual report on Form 10-K of Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated and
subsidiaries.



/s/ Dixon Odom PLLC
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Dixon Odom PLLC


High Point, North Carolina
February 24, 2000