Exhibit 24(a)



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Culp, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement numbers
333-27519, 33-13310, 33-37027, 33-80206 and 33-62843 on Form S-8 of Culp, Inc.
of our report dated June 3, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Culp, Inc. and subsidiary as of May 3, 1998 and April 28, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended May 3, 1998, which report is
incorporated by reference in the May 3, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of Culp,
Inc.


                                                       KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Greensboro, North Carolina
July 29, 1998