Exhibit 23

                   [Letterhead of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP]

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     Suite 1200
     150 West Jefferson
     Detroit, MI 48226-4429




The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Douglas & Lomason Company:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No.
33-36359 on Form S-8 of Douglas & Lomason Company of our report dated
January 31, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Douglas &
Lomason Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1994, and all related schedules, which report appears in the December 31,
1994, annual report on Form 10-K of Douglas & Lomason Company.  Our report
refers to the changes in accounting for income taxes and postretirement
benefits other than pensions in 1993.


                                     /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Detroit, Michigan
March 20, 1995





     Member Firm of
     Klynvald Peat Marwick Goerdeler