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 PHILLIP W.
WILSON 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 May 2, 1999 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/   Earl N. Phillips, Jr.
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                                                Earl N. Phillips, Jr.




Date: June 28, 1999
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