Exhibit 24(e)



                                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 May 1, 2005 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/ Kenneth R. Larson
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                                                       Kenneth R. Larson


Date:   June 28, 2005
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