Exhibit 25(c)


                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director
          of CULP,  INC., a North Carolina  corporation, hereby constitutes
          and  appoints FRANKLIN  N. SAXON  the true  and lawful  agent and
          attorney-in-fact to sign for the undersigned as a director of the
          Corporation the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the
          year  ended April 30,  1995 to be  filed with  the Securities and
          Exchange Commission,  Washington,  D. C.,  under  the  Securities
          Exchange Act of  1934, as amended, and  to sign any  amendment or
          amendments to such Annual Report, hereby ratifying and confirming
          all  acts  taken by  such agent  and attorney-in-fact,  as herein
          authorized.




                                             /s/  Howard L. Dunn, Jr.
                                                  Howard L. Dunn, Jr.




          Date: June 20    1995