Exhibit 25(g)


                                  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/  Earl N. Phillips, Jr.
                                                  Earl N. Phillips, Jr.




          Date: June 10   1995