EXHIBIT 23C

               NOTICE REGARDING LACK OF CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN

On May 13, 2002, Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated (the "Company")
dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP as its independent auditors and retained Ernst &
Young LLP as its new auditors. Ernst & Young audited the financial statements of
the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2002 (and the
related financial statement schedule for such year) and the financial statements
of LRG Furniture, LLC ("LRG") as of and for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2002 and issued their reports with respect thereto. However, after reasonable
efforts, the Company has been unable to obtain from Arthur Andersen reissued
audit reports with respect to the financial statements of the Company as of and
for the fiscal years ended November 25, 2000 and November 24, 2001 (and the
related financial statement schedules for such years) or the financial
statements of LRG as of and for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2001 and
2000 (collectively, the fiscal 2000 and 2001 financials). In accordance with
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company has filed
with this Annual Report on Form 10-K copies of the previously-issued audit
reports dated December 21, 2001 and January 15, 2002 of Arthur Andersen with
respect to the fiscal 2000 and 2001 financials. Because this Annual Report on
Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into the Company's registration
statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-52405, 33-52407, 333-60327 and 333-43188), it is
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein. After reasonable efforts, the Company has been unable to obtain Arthur
Andersen's written consent to the incorporation by reference of its
previously-issued audit reports into those registration statements. As a result,
Arthur Andersen may not have any liability under Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act")(1) for any untrue statements of a material
fact contained in the fiscal 2000 and 2001 financials or any omissions of a
material fact required to be stated therein. Accordingly, persons acquiring
securities under those registration statements may be unable to assert a claim
against Arthur Andersen under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.





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(1) Section 11(a) of the Securities Act provides that if part of a registration
statement at the time it becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a
material fact, or omits a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a
security pursuant to such registration statement (unless it is proved that at
the time of such acquisition such person knew of such untruth or omission) may
assert a claim against, among others, an accountant who has consented to be
named as having certified any part of the registration statement or as having
prepared any report for use in connection with the registration statement.