EXHIBIT 23.3






                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 our report, date February
19, 1993, which appears on page 27 of the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Cone Mills Corporation for the fiscal year ended January
3, 1993.



                                   McGLADREY & PULLEN





Greensboro, North Carolina
January 18, 1994