Appendix

A Virginia Furniture Dynasty

Most of Virginia’s furniture companies were launched with the help of patriarch John D. Bassett Sr., who created his own competition while at the same time maintaining a thread of control. Intertwining his corporate babies with the family tree, he helped spawn such companies as Bassett, Hooker, Stanley, Vaughan, and Vaughan-Bassett—and generations of family fortune. (This diagram shows the progression of the business through the family.)