Exhibit 25(f)
                               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 28,  1996 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/ Patrick H. Norton
                                                Patrick H. Norton

Date: June 17, 1996