Exhibit A to Schedule 13D Amendment No. 5 Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.

                    Exhibit A to Schedule 13D Amendment No. 5
                         Xxxxxxx Furniture Company, Inc.

                                    AGREEMENT

         Agreement  made this 1st day of December,  1997, by and between each of
the undersigned.

         WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is required to file Amendment No. 5 to
Schedule  13D with  respect to  ownership  of  securities  in Xxxxxxx  Furniture
Company, Inc.; and

         WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is individually eligible to use this
Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D;

         NOW, THEREFORE,  the undersigned agree to file only one Amendment No. 5
to Schedule 13D reflecting their combined beneficial  ownership of securities in
Xxxxxxx Furniture Company, Inc.

                                     XX-XXX ACQUISITION FUND, L.P.

                                       By:  MEZZANINE INVESTMENTS, L.P.
                                            Managing General Partner

                                       By:  ML MEZZANINE INC.,
                                            General Partner


                                       By:    /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                             Name:   Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                             Title:  Vice-President and
                                                     Treasurer


                                     Xxxxxx X. Xxx Advisors I

                                       By:   /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                             Name:   Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                             Title:     Treasurer