Exhibit 25(h)


                                  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/  Bland W. Worley  
                                                  Bland W. Worley




          Date: June 12   1995