THIRD AMENDMENT
               TO 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT


     THIS  THIRD AMENDMENT TO  1994 AMENDED AND  RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated as  of November 1,  1994, (the "Amendment"  or "Third Amendment")  is
made by and between 

     CULP,  INC., a North Carolina corporation with its principal office in
High Point, North Carolina (the "Borrower"); and

     FIRST  UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A., a national banking
association, as Agent (the "Agent"); and

     FIRST  UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A., a national banking
association  ("First Union") and WACHOVIA  BANK OF NORTH  CAROLINA, N.A., a
national banking association ("Wachovia" and collectively with First Union,
the "Banks"), 

     to the 1994  Amended and Restated Credit  Agreement dated as of  April
15, 1994 (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time,
the "Loan Agreement").  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement.


                                  RECITALS

     A.  Pursuant  to the Loan Agreement, the Banks  have made available to
the  Borrower Term Loans in  the aggregate principal  amount of $36,000,000
evidenced by Term  Notes of the Borrower in the  aggregate principal amount
of $36,000,000, and a  Revolving Loan in the aggregate principal  amount of
$27,000,000  evidenced by Revolving Credit Notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $27,000,000.

     B.    The  Borrower has  requested  that  the Banks  (i)  increase the
principal  amount  of the  Term Loans  by  $8,000,000 to  $44,000,000, (ii)
adjust the pricing of the Loans, (iii) change and delete certain covenants,
(iv) change the amortization of the Term Loans, (iv) allow for the proceeds
of the  Term Loans  made  available by  the Banks  pursuant  to this  Third
Amendment  to be used to  prepay certain subordinated  indebtedness and (v)
make certain other modifications to the Loan Agreement.

     C.  The  Borrower, the Agent  and the Banks  have agreed to amend  the
Loan Agreement as set forth herein.



                           STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Borrower and the Banks hereby agree as follows:



                                 ARTICLE I

                                 AMENDMENTS

The Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

     1.1. Definitions.   Section 1 of the  Loan Agreement is hereby amended
by making the following changes:

     (a)  Section 1.4  containing the definition of  "Applicable Margin" is
hereby amended by deleting the definition in its entirety  and replacing it
with the following:

          1.4. "Applicable Margin"  means  the marginal  rate  of  interest
          which  shall be  paid  by Borrower  after  October 31,  1994,  in
          addition  to the Prime  Rate or the  Adjusted LIBOR  Rate, as the
          case  may be, which coincides to the ratio of Consolidated Funded
          Debt to  Operating Cash  Flow for Borrower  (calculated quarterly
          with  respect  to   the  immediately   preceding  four   calendar
          quarters),  as  specifically  set  forth  in  a  separate  letter
          agreement dated  November 1,  1994 between  the Borrower  and the
          Banks  as  such  letter may  be  amended,  restated, modified  or
          supplemented from time to time.

     (b)  Section 1.27 containing the  definition of "First Union Revolving
Credit Note"  is hereby amended  by adding  the following clause  after the
word "date" and prior  to the period at the  end of the section:   "as such
promissory  note may  be amended, restated,  modified or  supplemented from
time to time."

     (c)  Section 1.30 containing the definition of "First Union Term Note"
is hereby amended by adding the  following clause after the word "date" and
prior  to the period at the  end of the section:   "as such promissory note
may  be amended,  restated, modified  or supplemented  from time  to time."


     (d)  Section  1.34 containing  the definition of  "Free Cash  Flow" is
hereby amended by deleting the definition in its entirety and replacing the
language found after the section number with the term "[RESERVED]."

     (e)  Section 1.52  containing the definition of  "Operating Cash Flow"
is hereby amended by deleting the  definition in its entirety and replacing
it with the following:

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          1.52. "Operating Cash  Flow" (or "EBITDA") means,  for any period
          of four consecutive quarters, Net Income for such period plus the
          sum of  the following consolidated  expenses of the  Borrower and
          its  Subsidiaries for such period  to the extent  included in the
          calculation of such Net  Income:  (i) depreciation  expense, (ii)
          amortization  of intangible  assets, (iii)  Interest Expense  for
          such period and (iv) income taxes for such period, all determined
          in accordance  with generally  accepted accounting  principles in
          the United States.

     (f)  Section  1.58 containing  the definition  of "Required  Banks" is
hereby  amended by  deleting from the  definition the figure  "66 2/3%" and
replacing such figure with "60%."

     (g)  Section  1.77  containing the  definition of  "Wachovia Revolving
Credit Note" is  hereby amended by  adding the following  clause after  the
word "date" and prior  to the period at the  end of the section:   "as such
promissory note  may be  amended, restated,  modified or  supplemented from
time to time."

     (h)  Section 1.80 containing the definition of "Wachovia Term Note" is
hereby  amended by adding  the following clause  after the word  "date" and
prior  to the period at  the end of the section:   "as such promissory note
may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time."


     1.2. Loans Evidenced  by Term Notes.  Section  3 of the Loan Agreement
is hereby amended as set forth below:

     (a)  Section  3.1 is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence of
the section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

          "The  aggregate principal amount of the  Term Loans is Forty-four
          Million Dollars ($44,000,000)."

     (b)  Section  3.3  is  hereby  amended  by  deleting  the  fifth  full
paragraph after  the end of subsection (b) in its entirety and replacing it
with the following:

          The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans shall be due and
          payable and shall be repaid by the Borrower to the  Agent for the
          ratable  benefit of  the Banks  in seventy-five  (75) consecutive
          monthly installments, each in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand
          Dollars ($500,000.00), each such payment being due and payable on
          the  tenth Business  Day  of each  Fiscal  Month for  which  such
          payment  is  due,  commencing  on  December  14,  1994,  and  one
          installment in the  amount of Six  Million Five Hundred  Thousand
          Dollars ($6,500,000), due and payable on March

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          1, 2001; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be
          obligated to repay only those funds which it has  actually
          borrowed, and in the  event that the Borrower does  not borrow
          the entire additional  $8,000,000 made available  by the
          Banks pursuant  to  this Third  Amendment, the amount not
          borrowed  shall be applied  as a  payment on the  Term Notes
          and shall be applied against the aggregate principal amount
          ($44,000,000)  due under the Term  Notes in the  inverse order
          of maturity.   The final maturity date of  each of the Term
          Notes is March 1, 2001.

     1.3. Loans Evidenced by Revolving Credit Notes.  Section 4 of the Loan
Agreement is hereby amended as set forth below:

     (a)  Section 4.4 relating to Bankers' Acceptances is hereby amended by
deleting subsection (g) in its entirety.


     1.4. Use of Proceeds.     Section 6  of the Loan  Agreement is  hereby
amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

          SECTION 6.  Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Revolving Loans
          shall be  used  by the  Borrower  for Capital  Expenditures,  for
          normal working  capital requirements  and to  repay from time  to
          time Accepted Drafts.  The proceeds of the Term Loans, other than
          the  proceeds made available by  the Banks pursuant  to the Third
          Amendment,  shall  be  used  by  the  Borrower  to  refinance and
          restructure existing indebtedness of  the Borrower to First Union
          and  Wachovia  and  for   ongoing  corporate  purposes,  and  the
          additional  Term  Loan  proceeds  made  available  by  the  Banks
          pursuant to the Third  Amendment shall be used,  at such time  or
          times as  Borrower may determine, to  prepay in whole or  in part
          certain subordinated indebtedness evidenced by a promissory  note
          dated November 1, 1993 in the principal amount of $9,632,724 from
          the Borrower to Rossville Investments, Inc.

     1.5. Affirmative Covenants.   Section  9  of  the  Loan  Agreement  is
hereby amended as set forth below:

     (a)  Sections 9.15, 9.17  and 9.18  of the Loan  Agreement are  hereby
amended by  deleting each of the sections in its entirety and replacing the
language  of each  section found  after the  section number  with  the term
"[RESERVED]."

     (b)  Section  9.19 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

          9.19. Operating Cash Flow to Interest Expense.    Maintain      a
          ratio of  (x) Operating Cash  Flow less Capital

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          Expenditures for such period, to (y) Interest Expense for such
          period, of at least 2.0 to 1.0 for each Fiscal Quarter from
          November 1, 1994  through the quarter ending July, 1995; 2.5
          to 1.0 for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter until the Fiscal
          Quarter ending July, 1996; and 3.0 to 1 for each Fiscal
          Quarter thereafter.

     (c)  Section  9.20 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the  last two  clauses of the  sentence containing  the language  "1 to 2.0
(50%) for the  quarters ending October 1995,  January 1996 and  April 1996;
and 1 to 2.22 (45%) thereafter" and inserting the following clause:  "and 1
to 2.0 (50%) thereafter."

     1.6. Negative Covenants of the Borrower.     Section  10  of the  Loan
Agreement is hereby amended as set forth below:

     (a)  Sections 10.3 and 10.9  of the Loan Agreement are  hereby amended
by deleting each of the sections in its entirety and replacing the language
of each section found after the section number with the term "[RESERVED]."

     (b)  Section  10.5 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the term "$1,000,000" in the  first sentence of such section  and replacing
such term with the term "$5,000,000."

     (c)  Section  10.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the term  "$1,000,000" in the first sentence  of such section and replacing
such term with the term "$5,000,000."

     (d)  Section 10.11 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

          10.11.     Prepayments.  Retire or  prepay  prior to  its  stated
          maturity  any  Consolidated  Funded  Debt  (other  than  (i)  non
          interest-bearing purchase money obligations payable over a period
          of not  to exceed two (2)  years, given to vendors  of equipment,
          and  (ii)  certain  subordinated  indebtedness  evidenced  by   a
          promissory note dated November 1, 1993 in the principal amount of
          $9,632,724  payable  by the  Borrower  to Rossville  Investments,
          Inc.) having a term of repayment in excess of one year, including
          any renewals,  other than  indebtedness to  either  of the  Banks
          arising hereunder or obligations under industrial  revenue bonds,
          or pay  rental obligations more  than 30 days  in advance  of the
          time for payment called for in the lease.


     1.7. The Agent. Section 12 of the Loan  Agreement is amended by adding
a new Section 12.13 as set forth below:

          12.13.     Annual Fee.   The Borrower  shall pay  to the  Agent a
          fee in the  amount of $12,500 per  annum, which

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          shall  be payable (i)  on November 1, 1994 and (ii)
          thereafter, annually in advance on November 1 of each year.


     1.8. Annex I.   Annex I  to the  Loan Agreement  is hereby  amended by
deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with a new Annex I in the form
of Annex I attached hereto.


     1.9. Exhibits.  Exhibits  1-A,  1-B,  2-A,  2-B  and  5  of  the  Loan
Agreement are hereby amended by deleting  each exhibit in its entirety  and
replacing them with new Exhibits  1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B  and 5 in the form  of
Exhibits 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B and 5 attached hereto.


                                 ARTICLE II

                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:

     2.1.  Compliance  with Loan Agreement.   The Borrower and  each of its
Subsidiaries are in  compliance with all terms and provisions  set forth in
the Loan Agreement to be observed or performed, except where the Borrower's
failure to comply has been waived in writing by the Agent and the Banks.

     2.2.  Representations  in  Loan Agreement.    The representations  and
warranties of  the Borrower set  forth in the  Loan Agreement are  true and
correct  in  all  material   respects  except  to  the  extent   that  such
representations  and  warranties  relate  solely  to  or  are  specifically
expressed as of a particular date or period which has passed or expired  as
of the date hereof.

     2.3.  No Event  of Default.  No  Event of Default, nor  any event that
upon notice,  lapse of  time or both  would become an  Event of  Default is
continuing other than those, if any, waived in writing by the Agent and the
Banks.


                                ARTICLE III

               MODIFICATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS AND CONDITIONS

     3.1. Loan Documents.  The other Loan Documents, as defined in the Loan
Agreement, are amended as follows:

     Any individual or collective reference to any of the Loan Documents in
     any of the  other Loan Documents to  which the Borrower or  any of its
     Subsidiaries  is a  party  shall mean,  unless otherwise  specifically
     provided, such Loan  Document as

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     amended by this  Third Amendment  to 1994  Amended  and Restated
     Credit Agreement,  and  as it  is further amended,  restated,
     supplemented or modified from time to time and any substitute  or
     replacement  therefor  or renewals  thereof,  including without
     limitation, all references to the  Loan Agreement, which shall mean
     the Loan Agreement as amended hereby  and as further amended from
     time to time.

     3.2. Conditions.   The effectiveness of this  Amendment is conditioned
upon  payment by the Borrower to  the Agent for the  ratable benefit of the
Banks,  of a  fee in  the amount  of $44,000, which  represents .1%  of the
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans, as  adjusted pursuant to this
Amendment.


                                 ARTICLE IV

                                  GENERAL

     4.1.  Full  Force and Effect.   As expressly amended  hereby, the Loan
Agreement shall continue in  full force and effect  in accordance with  the
provisions  thereof.    As  used  in  the  Loan  Agreement,  "hereinafter,"
"hereto," "hereof," and words  of similar import shall, unless  the context
otherwise requires, mean the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

     4.2.  Applicable  Law.    This  Amendment  shall  be  governed  by and
construed  in accordance with the  internal laws and  judicial decisions of
the State of North Carolina.

     4.3.  Counterparts.  This  Amendment may  be executed in  two or  more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all  of which
when taken together shall constitute but one instrument.

     4.4.  Further  Assurance.  The  Borrower shall execute  and deliver to
the Agent and  the Banks such documents,  certificates and opinions as  the
Agent may reasonably request  to effect the amendment contemplated  by this
Amendment.

     4.5.  Headings.  The headings  of this Amendment are for  the purposes
of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.

     4.6. Valid  Amendment.   The parties  acknowledge that  this Amendment
complies in  all respects with  Section 13.1 of  the Loan Agreement,  which
sets forth the requirements for amendments thereto.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the  parties hereto have caused this  Amendment to
be executed and delivered by  their duly authorized officers all as  of the
date first above written.


                         FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.,
                         individually and as Agent


                         By:     /s/ Kent L. Phillips
                         Title:      Vice President


                         WACHOVIA BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.


                         By:     /s/ Pete T. Callahan
                         Title:      Vice President



                         CULP, INC.


                         By:     /s/ Franklin N. Saxon
                              Franklin N. Saxon, Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer


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                                  Annex I

                           Commitment Amount   Commitment Amount        Percentage of
       Name of Banks            Term Loans        Revolving Loans     Aggregate Commitments

                                                            
 First Union National           $26,400,000         $16,200,000               60.0%
   Bank of North Carolina
 209 North Main Street
 High Point, NC  27260

 Wachovia Bank of North         $17,600,000         $10,800,000               40.0%
   Carolina, N.A.
 200 North Main Street
 Post Office Box 631
 High Point, NC  27261


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                                                                Exhibit 1-A


                    FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM NOTE




$26,400,000                                      High Point, North Carolina
                                                           November 1, 1994


     FOR VALUE  RECEIVED, CULP, INC,, a North  Carolina corporation (herein
called  the "Borrower")  , promises  to  pay to  the order  of FIRST  UNION
NATIONAL BANK  OF NORTH CAROLINA (the  "Bank"), or order, at  the office of
FIRST UNION  NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA at High Point, North Carolina,
in lawful  money of the United  States of America, the  principal amount of
Twenty-six  Million  Four  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($26,400,000),  such
principal  amount  to be  payable  in seventy-five  (75)  consecutive equal
monthly installments of $300,000.00,  payable on the tenth Business  Day of
each Fiscal Month of the Borrower commencing December 14, 1995 and (ii) one
final installment of  $3,900,000 payable  on March 1,  2001, together  with
interest on the unpaid  principal amount, such interest payments  beginning
on the  tenth  Business Day  of  the first  Fiscal  Month of  the  Borrower
following the  date hereof, as  provided in the  1994 Amended  and Restated
Credit Agreement between  the Borrower, the Bank (for  itself and as Agent)
and Wachovia Bank of North  Carolina, N.A., dated as of April 15,  1994 (as
amended, restated,  modified  or  supplemented,  the  "Credit  Agreement");
provided, however, that the Borrower shall be obligated to repay only those
funds which  it has actually borrowed,  and in the event  that the Borrower
does not  borrow the entire $4,800,000 made  available by the Bank pursuant
to  the Third Amendment to 1994 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of  November 1, 1994  between the Borrower, the  Bank for itself  and as
Agent, and Wachovia Bank of North  Carolina, N.A., the principal amount not
borrowed  shall be  applied as  a payment  on the  Term  Note and  shall be
applied against the principal amount of the Term Note  ($26,400,000) in the
inverse order of maturity.

     This  Note is  the First  Union Term  Note referred  to in  the Credit
Agreement and is  entitled to the  benefits thereof and  may be prepaid  in
whole or  in  part as  provided  therein.   Capitalized terms  used  herein
without definition have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.

     Upon  the occurrence  of any  one  or more  of the  Events of  Default
specified in the  Credit Agreement, or in any other  document or instrument
delivered in  connection therewith,  all amounts  then remaining unpaid  on
this Note may be declared to be immediately due and payable  as provided in
the Credit Agreement.






     In the event the indebtedness evidenced or secured hereby be collected
by  or through  an attorney  at  law after  maturity, the  holder shall  be
entitled  to  collect  reasonable  attorney's  fees.  Demand,  presentment,
protest, notice of protest, and notice of dishonor are hereby waived by all
parties bound hereon.


                              CULP, INC.


(CORPORATE SEAL]              By:____________________________
                                   ______ President
ATTEST:

____________________
Secretary

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                                                                Exhibit 1-B


                    FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM NOTE




$17,600,000                                      High Point, North Carolina
                                                           November 1, 1994


     FOR VALUE  RECEIVED, CULP, INC,, a North  Carolina corporation (herein
called the "Borrower") , promises  to pay to the order of WACHOVIA  BANK OF
NORTH CAROLINA, N.A. (the "Bank"),  or order, at the office of  FIRST UNION
NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA (as the Bank's Agent and for the benefit of
the Bank)  at High  Point, North  Carolina, in lawful  money of  the United
States  of America, the principal  amount of Seventeen  Million Six Hundred
Thousand  Dollars ($17,600,000),  such principal  amount to  be  payable in
seventy-five (75)  consecutive equal  monthly installments  of $200,000.00,
payable on  the tenth Business  Day of  each Fiscal Month  of the  Borrower
commencing December 14, 1995  and (ii) one final installment  of $2,600,000
payable on  March 1, 2001, together  with interest on the  unpaid principal
amount, such interest payments  beginning on the tenth Business Day  of the
first  Fiscal Month of the Borrower  following the date hereof, as provided
in the 1994 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement between the Borrower, the
Bank and  First Union National  Bank of  North Carolina for  itself and  as
Agent,  dated  as of  April 15,  1994  (as amended,  restated,  modified or
supplemented, the "Credit Agreement"); provided, however, that the Borrower
shall  be  obligated  to  repay only  those  funds  which  it  has actually
borrowed, and in  the event that  the Borrower does  not borrow the  entire
$3,200,000  made available by the  Bank pursuant to  the Third Amendment to
1994 Amended  and Restated  Credit Agreement dated  as of November  1, 1994
between  the Borrower,  the Bank  and First  Union National  Bank of  North
Carolina for itself and  as Agent, the principal amount not  borrowed shall
be applied as a payment  on the Term Note and shall be  applied against the
principal  amount of the  Term Note ($17,600,000)  in the inverse  order of
maturity.

     This  Note  is the  Wachovia  Term  Note  referred  to in  the  Credit
Agreement and  is entitled to  the benefits thereof  and may be  prepaid in
whole  or  in part  as  provided therein.    Capitalized terms  used herein
without definition have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.

     Upon  the  occurrence of  any one  or more  of  the Events  of Default
specified in the Credit  Agreement, or in any other document  or instrument
delivered in  connection therewith,  all amounts  then remaining  unpaid on
this Note may  be declared to be immediately due and payable as provided in
the Credit Agreement.





     In the event the indebtedness evidenced or secured hereby be collected
by  or through  an attorney  at  law after  maturity, the  holder shall  be
entitled  to  collect  reasonable  attorney's  fees.  Demand,  presentment,
protest, notice of protest, and notice of dishonor are hereby waived by all
parties bound hereon.


                              CULP, INC.


(CORPORATE SEAL]              By:____________________________
                                   ______ President
ATTEST:

____________________
Secretary


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                                                                Exhibit 2-A


              FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE


$16,200,000                                      High Point, North Carolina
                                                           November 1, 1994

     FOR  VALUE RECEIVED, CULP, INC,,  a North Carolina corporation (herein
called  the "Borrower")  , promises  to  pay to  the order  of FIRST  UNION
NATIONAL BANK  OF NORTH CAROLINA (the  "Bank"), or order, on  the Revolving
Loan Termination Date (as  defined in the 1994 Amended and  Restated Credit
Agreement dated  as of April 15,  1994 between the Borrower,  the Bank (for
itself and as Agent) and Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N.A. (as amended,
restated, modified or supplemented, the "Credit Agreement")), at the office
of FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, High Point, North Carolina,
in lawful  money of the United  States of America, the  principal amount of
Sixteen Million  Two Hundred  Thousand and  No/ 100 Dollars  ($16,200,000).
This Revolving Credit Note shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
balance from  time to time as provided in the Credit Agreement and interest
shall be payable at the times set forth in the Credit Agreement.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  Borrower shall  be  liable  for
payment  to the  Bank only  for such  principal amount  of the  First Union
Revolving  Loan (as  defined in  the Credit  Agreement) as  is outstanding,
together with  interest at the rate per annum as aforesaid on the principal
amount outstanding from the date of advance.

     This Note  is the First Union Revolving Credit Note referred to in the
Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid
in whole  or in part  as provided therein.   Capitalized terms  used herein
without definition have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.

     Upon  the occurrence  of any  one  or more  of the  Events of  Default
specified  in the Credit Agreement, or  in any other document or instrument
delivered in  connection therewith,  all amounts  then remaining unpaid  on
this Note may be declared  to be immediately due and payable as provided in
the Credit Agreement.

     In the event the indebtedness evidenced or secured hereby be collected
by  or  through an  attorney at  law after  maturity,  the holder  shall be
entitled  to  collect reasonable  attorneys'  fees.   Demand,  presentment,
protest, notice of protest, and notice of dishonor are hereby waived by all
parties bound hereon.


[CORPORATE SEAL]              CULP, INC.

ATTEST:                       By:_________________________
_________________                ________President
Secretary




                                                                Exhibit 2-B


              FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE


$10,800,000                                      High Point, North Carolina
                                                           November 1, 1994

     FOR  VALUE RECEIVED, CULP, INC,,  a North Carolina corporation (herein
called the "Borrower")  , promises to pay to the order  of WACHOVIA BANK OF
NORTH  CAROLINA, N.A.  (the  "Bank"),  or  order,  on  the  Revolving  Loan
Termination  Date (as  defined  in the  1994  Amended and  Restated  Credit
Agreement dated  as of April  15, 1994 between  the Borrower, the  Bank and
First Union National Bank of  North Carolina (for itself and as  Agent) (as
amended, restated,  modified or supplemented, the  "Credit Agreement")), at
the office  of FIRST UNION NATIONAL  BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA  (as the Bank's
Agent and  for the benefit  of the  Bank), High Point,  North Carolina,  in
lawful  money of the United States of  America, the principal amount of Ten
Million Eight Hundred  Thousand and  No/ 100 Dollars  ($10,800,000).   This
Revolving Credit  Note  shall bear  interest on  the outstanding  principal
balance from time to time as provided in the Credit  Agreement and interest
shall be payable at the times set forth in the Credit Agreement.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  Borrower shall  be  liable  for
payment  to  the Bank  only  for  such  principal amount  of  the  Wachovia
Revolving  Loan (as  defined in  the Credit  Agreement) as  is outstanding,
together with interest at the rate per annum as aforesaid  on the principal
amount outstanding from the date of advance.

     This Note is  the Wachovia Revolving  Credit Note referred  to in  the
Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid
in  whole or in  part as provided  therein.  Capitalized  terms used herein
without definition have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.

     Upon  the  occurrence of  any one  or more  of  the Events  of Default
specified in the  Credit Agreement, or in any  other document or instrument
delivered in  connection therewith,  all amounts  then remaining  unpaid on
this Note may be declared to be immediately due and  payable as provided in
the Credit Agreement.

     In the event the indebtedness evidenced or secured hereby be collected
by or  through an  attorney  at law  after maturity,  the  holder shall  be
entitled  to  collect reasonable  attorneys'  fees.   Demand,  presentment,
protest, notice of protest, and notice of dishonor are hereby waived by all
parties bound hereon.

[CORPORATE SEAL]              CULP, INC.

ATTEST:                       By:_________________________
_________________                ________President
Secretary



                                                                  Exhibit 5

                                 CULP, INC.

                 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                      QUARTERLY OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE

                         DATE:____________________

     The undersigned chief financial officer of Culp, Inc. hereby certifies
that  based upon the financial  statements as of  _____________, Culp, Inc.
was in compliance  with the  provisions of  the 1994  Amended and  Restated
Credit Agreement, as amended, and further certifies that, as  of such date,
the financial information set forth below is true and correct:

                                          Financial Covenants
                            Agreement       in 1994 Credit
COVENANTS                   Paragraph          Agreement

Consolidated Tangible                   $58,000,000 from
Shareholders' Equity (A)      9.16      closing to FYE April 1995; prior
                                        year's amount plus 50% Net Income
                                        at each FYE thereafter

Operating Cash Flow less      9.19      2.0 for each FQE after
Capital Expenditures to                 November 1, 1994 until
Interest Expense                          July, 1995
(B-F) to (C)                            2.5 for each FQE there-
                                          after until July, 1996
                                        3.0 for each FQE there-
                                          after

Consolidated Funded Debt to   9.20      60% from closing to FQE
Total Capitalization                      October 1994
(D) to (E)                              55% for FQE January 1995,
                                          April 1995 and July
                                          1995
                                        50% for each FQE there-
                                          after

Sale of Assets                10.5      $5,000,000

Loans and Investments         10.7      $5,000,000

Rental Obligations            10.10     10% of Consolidated Tangible
                                        Shareholder's Equity


                              __________________________________
                              Franklin N. Saxon
                              Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer






                                 CULP, INC.

                 1994 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                      QUARTERLY OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE


CALCULATION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL ITEMS


A)   Consolidated Shareholders' Equity per
     Balance Sheet                                              $__________

     Less Intangible Assets (including but not
       limited to: Non-compete Agreement and
       Debt Issue Costs)                                         __________

     Consolidated Tangible Shareholders' Equity                 $

B)   Net Income                                                 $__________

     Plus Interest Expense, income taxes,
       Depreciation and Amortization                            $__________

     Operating Cash Flow                                        $

C)   Interest Expense                                           $

D)   Current Maturities                                         $__________

     Plus Long-Term Debt                                         __________

     Consolidated Funded Debt                                   $

E)   Consolidated Funded Debt                                   $__________

     Plus Borrower's Tangible Shareholder's
     Equity (Shareholder's Equity per Balance
     Sheet, Less Intangible Assets)                              __________

     Total Capitalization                                       $

F)   Capital Expenditures                                       $