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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from financial
statements included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended July 5, 1998, and is qualified in its entirety by referrence to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> INTERFACE, INC.
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