Exhibit 24.1





               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




          The Board of Directors
          LADD Furniture, Inc.:



          We  consent to  incorporation  by reference  in the  Registration
          Statements (Nos.  33-2838  and  33-21816)  on Form  S-8  of  LADD
          Furniture,  Inc. of our reports dated February 11, 1994, relating
          to the consolidated  balance sheets of  LADD Furniture, Inc.  and
          subsidiaries as  of January 1, 1994 and  January 2, 1993, and the
          related  consolidated  statements  of  operations,  shareholders'
          equity and cash flows and related schedules for each of the years
          in the  three-year period  ended January  1,  1994 which  reports
          appear  or are incorporated by  reference in the  January 1, 1994
          annual report on Form 10-K of LADD Furniture, Inc.



                            KPMG PEAT MARWICK


          Greensboro, North Carolina
          March 31, 1994












                 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT





          The Board of Directors
          LADD Furniture, Inc.:




          Under  date of February 11, 1994, we reported on the consolidated
          balance  sheets of  LADD Furniture, Inc.  and subsidiaries  as of
          January  1, 1994 and January 2, 1993 and the related consolidated
          statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
          each of the years in the three-year period ended January 1, 1994,
          as  contained in the 1993  annual report to  shareholders.  These
          consolidated  financial statements  and  our  report thereon  are
          incorporated by reference in  the annual report on Form  10-K for
          the year ended January 1, 1994.  In connection with our audits of
          the aforementioned  consolidated  financial statements,  we  also
          have audited the related  financial statement schedules as listed
          in the  accompanying index.  These  financial statement schedules
          are  the  responsibility  of   the  Company's  management.    Our
          responsibility  is  to  express  an opinion  on  these  financial
          statement schedules based on our audits.

          In  our  opinion,  such   financial  statement  schedules,   when
          considered  in  relation  to  the  basic  consolidated  financial
          statements taken  as  a whole,  present fairly,  in all  material
          respects, the information set forth therein.

          As discussed in notes 1, 10 and 11 to the  consolidated financial
          statements, the  Company adopted the provisions  of the Financial
          Accounting  Standards Board's  Statement of  Financial Accounting
          Standards   (SFAS)   No.   106,   "Employers'    Accounting   for
          Postretirement Benefits  Other Than Pensions," and  SFAS No. 109,
          "Accounting for Income Taxes," in 1993.




                            KPMG PEAT MARWICK

          Greensboro, North Carolina
          February 11, 1994