Consent of Independent Accountants

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated 
June 1, 1995, which appears on page 17 of the 1995 Annual 
Report to Shareholders of the La-Z-Boy Chair Company,
which is incorporated by reference in La-Z-Boy Chair
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
April 29, 1995.  We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule,
which appears on Page S-2 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement of our report dated June 23, 1995
appearing on page 1 of the Annual Report of the La-Z-Boy
Chair Company Matched Retirement Savings Plan on Form 11-K
for the year ended December 31, 1994.

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PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Toledo, Ohio
April 30, 1996