Exhibit 31.1


                                 CERTIFICATIONS

     I, Robert G. Culp,  III,  Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer  (principal
executive officer) of Culp, Inc., certify that:

     1.      I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Culp, Inc.;

     2.      Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain any untrue
statement  of a material  fact or omit to state any material  fact  necessary to
make the  statements  made,  in  light of the  circumstances  under  which  such
statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;

     3.      Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other
financial  information included in this quarterly report,  fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.      The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  and  internal  control  over
financial  reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:

     (a)     Designed such disclosure  controls and procedures,  or caused such
disclosure  controls and  procedures to be designed  under our  supervision,  to
ensure that  material  information  relating to the  registrant,  including  its
consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

     (b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  to be  designed  under  our
supervision,  to provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding  the  reliability  of
financial  reporting and the  preparation  of financial  statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

     (c)     Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our  conclusions  about the
effectiveness  of the disclosure  controls and procedures,  as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     (d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual  report)  that  has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely  to
materially affect, the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
and

     5.      The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to  the  registrant's  auditors  and  the  audit  committee  of  the
registrant's   board  of  directors  (or  persons   performing   the  equivalent
functions):

     (a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal  control over financial  reporting which are reasonably
likely  to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,
summarize and report financial information; and

     (b)     Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves  management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.


                                         /s/ Robert G. Culp, III
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                                         Robert G. Culp, III
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                         (principal executive officer)

Date: December 9, 2005