EXHIBIT 23.2
    
 
                       ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A.
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                            ONE INDEPENDENCE CENTER
                       101 NORTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 1900
                      CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28246-1900
                            TELEPHONE (704) 377-2536
 
   
                                January 29, 1997
    
 
Culp, Inc.
101 South Main Street
High Point, North Carolina 27261
Attention: Mr. Franklin N. Saxon
 
   
RE: Culp, Inc. -- Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-18199) (the
"Registration Statement")
    
 
Gentlemen and Ladies:
 
   
     We hereby consent to be named in the Registration Statement and in the
prospectus that constitutes Part I thereof as attorneys who will pass upon
certain legal matters in connection with the validity of the 1,840,000 shares of
Common Stock of Culp, Inc. described therein and to the continued inclusion of
our opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.
    
 
                                         Sincerely yours,
 
                                         ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A.
 
                                         /S/  STEPHEN M. LYNCH
 
                                         Stephen M. Lynch