Basic-Witz Furniture

Basic-Witz Furniture Waynesboro, VA

The company was started in 1889 in Waynesboro, VA according to a Furniture World Magazine dated 1940. They had many styles including what we now call "Mid Century." The items below are all circa 1960s maybe into the early 1970s - their distinct lines were probably their way of interpreting and trying to capture some of the market/consumer interest in the Danish Modern style of the time.

They were bought out by Stanley Furniture (based in Virginia) in the 1970's

The "Brass-Lined Handle Line" has many variations seen below:

Basic-Witz 9 Drawer Dresser

Basic-Witz Credenza

Basic-Witz 6 Drawer

Below are the "Oulined" wood patterns on Basic-Witz Mid Century Dressers

Basic-Witz Outline Upright

Basic-Witz Outline Dresser

Basic-Witz Outline Dresser

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Basic-Witz Outline Dresser

Basic-Witz Outline Dresser

Basic-Witz also made a "Lipped" handle Dresser with no brass piping - tops are laminates, not wood on the dressers below

Basic-Witz Lipped (no brass) Dresser

Basic-Witz Lipped (no brass) Upright Dresser

Information Below is copied from:
http://furniturehistory.wikispaces.com/Basic-Witz+Furniture

BASIC-WITZ FURNITURE IN­DUSTRIES, Inc., Waynesboro, Va.. manufacturers of bedroom and dining room furniture, have been in existence for fifty years, having start­ed in a small way back in 1889. Their present plants, located at Waynesboro and Staunton, Va. are among the most modern furniture factories.

The company manufactures a pop­ular line of modern and 18th Century bedroom and dining room furniture, desks and secretaries.
Boyd Stombock, the president and treasurer, has been associated with the company since 1908. Paul Hays, vice pftsident and sales manager, has been v/ith the company since 1923. Charles A. Holt, secretary, came into the or­ganization in 1936.^[1]

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1. ^ Furniture World Magazine 1940. 70th anniversary issue. "The Furniture Industry of the Southeast",