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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1



                      [DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP LETTERHEAD]



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Venture Holdings Trust
on Form S-4 of our report dated March 27, 1997, on our audit of the
consolidated financial statements of Venture Holdings Trust as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, 
appearing in the prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement, and 
of our report dated June 26, 1997, on our audit of the financial statements of
Bailey Corporation and Subsidiaries for the year ended July 28, 1996, 
appearing in the prospectus which is part of the Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the headings "Selected
Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts" in such prospectus.


Deloitte & Touche LLP

Detroit, Michigan 
August 27, 1997