EXHIBIT 24.1





                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





             The Board of Directors
             LADD Furniture, Inc.:



             We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
             Statement (No. 33-53341) on Form S-8 of LADD Furniture, Inc.
             of our reports  dated February  16, 1995,   relating to  the
             consolidated  balance  sheets  of LADD  Furniture,  Inc. and
             subsidiaries as of  December 31, 1994  and January 1,  1994,
             and  the   related  consolidated  statements   of  earnings,
             shareholders' equity and cash flows and related schedule for
             each of the  years in the  three-year period ended  December
             31,  1994  which  reports  appear  or  are  incorporated  by
             reference  in the December  31, 1994  annual report  on Form
             10-K of LADD Furniture, Inc.

             Our report refers to the adoption of the provisions of the
             Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial
             Accounting Standards No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
             Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," in 1993.


                                                KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

             Greensboro, North Carolina
             March 30, 1995