EXHIBIT 24.1



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
LADD Furniture, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
33-53341, 333-3129, 333-19565, and 333-19539) on Form S-8 of LADD Furniture,
Inc. of our report dated February 6, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of LADD Furniture, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 28, 1996 and
January 3, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended January 3, 1998, which report is included in the January 3, 1998
annual report on Form 10-K of LADD Furniture, Inc.



Greensboro, North Carolina
March 31, 1998