EXHIBIT 25(a)




                                  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/  Andrew W. Adams
                                                  Andrew W. Adams




          Date: June 19     1995