Exhibit 5

                Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
                         Attorneys at Law
               101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900      South Carolina Office
                 Charlotte, North Carolina 28246       The Guardian Building
                                                        223 E. Main Street,
                    Telephone (704) 377-2536                 Suite 600
                       Fax (704) 378-4000            Post Office Drawer 12070
                                                       Rock Hill, S.C. 29731

                                                     Telephone (803) 325-2900
                                                        Fax (803) 325-2929
                                April 25, 2001


Culp, Inc.
101 South Main Street
Post Office Box 2686
High Point, North Carolina 27261-2686

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Culp, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have served as counsel to Culp,  Inc., a North  Carolina  corporation
(the  "Company"),  in  connection  with the  preparation  by the  Company of a
registration  statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") for filing
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as  amended,  relating  to the offer and sale of up to  350,000  shares of the
Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share (the "Shares"),  to be issued
by the  Company  pursuant  to the  Culp,  Inc.  1993  Stock  Option  Plan (the
"Plan"),  and associated  rights to purchase Series A Participating  Preferred
Stock of the Company (the  "Rights")  issued  pursuant to a Rights  Agreement,
dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights  Agreement")  between the Company and
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.

      We have  examined  the Plan,  the  Rights  Agreement,  the  Articles  of
Incorporation of the Company and the amendments  thereto listed as exhibits to
the Registration  Statement (the  "Charter"),  the Restated and Amended Bylaws
of the  Company  listed  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration  Statement  (the
"Bylaws"),  and such other  corporate  and other  documents  and  records  and
certificates  of public  officials as we have deemed  necessary or appropriate
for the purposes of this opinion.

      We have assumed (i) the authority  and  genuineness  of all  signatures,
(ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons,  (iii) the authenticity of all
documents  submitted to us as originals,  and (iv) the conformity to authentic
original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified,  conformed
or photostatic copies.

      Based  upon  the  foregoing,  and  subject  to  the  qualifications  and
limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

            1.  The  Shares,  if and when  originally  issued  and sold by the
Company  pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan, and upon payment of
the  consideration,  if any,  payable  therefor  pursuant to the Plan, will be
legally  issued,  fully  paid and  nonassessable  and will  represent  validly
authorized and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.

            2.  The Rights  associated with the Shares, if and when originally
issued by the  Company  pursuant  to the terms and  conditions  of the  Rights
Agreement,  will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,  and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Company.

      We have assumed that the Company and those  officers and employees  that
may receive  options to purchase Shares under the Plan will have complied with
the relevant  requirements  of the Plan and that all  prescribed  filings with
regulatory  authorities,  including any stock exchanges  having  jurisdiction,
will be effected in accordance  with their  respective  requirements  and that
the approvals of such  regulatory  authorities,  including any stock exchanges
having  jurisdiction,  will have been granted  prior to the issuance of any of
the Shares or Rights.

      The  opinions  expressed  herein are  contingent  upon the  Registration
Statement  becoming  effective  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933  and  the
Charter,  Bylaws and Rights  Agreement not being further  amended prior to the
issuance of the Shares or Rights.

      The  foregoing  opinions  are  limited to the laws of the State of North
Carolina,  and we  express no  opinion  with  respect to the laws of any other
state or jurisdiction.
                                                                   Exhibit 5

                Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
                         Attorneys at Law
               101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900      South Carolina Office
                 Charlotte, North Carolina 28246       The Guardian Building
                                                        223 E. Main Street,
                    Telephone (704) 377-2536                 Suite 600
                       Fax (704) 378-4000            Post Office Drawer 12070
                                                       Rock Hill, S.C. 29731

                                                     Telephone (803) 325-2900
                                                        Fax (803) 325-2929
                                April 25, 2001


Culp, Inc.
101 South Main Street
Post Office Box 2686
High Point, North Carolina 27261-2686

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Culp, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have served as counsel to Culp,  Inc., a North  Carolina  corporation
(the  "Company"),  in  connection  with the  preparation  by the  Company of a
registration  statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") for filing
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as  amended,  relating  to the offer and sale of up to  350,000  shares of the
Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share (the "Shares"),  to be issued
by the  Company  pursuant  to the  Culp,  Inc.  1993  Stock  Option  Plan (the
"Plan"),  and associated  rights to purchase Series A Participating  Preferred
Stock of the Company (the  "Rights")  issued  pursuant to a Rights  Agreement,
dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights  Agreement")  between the Company and
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.

      We have  examined  the Plan,  the  Rights  Agreement,  the  Articles  of
Incorporation of the Company and the amendments  thereto listed as exhibits to
the Registration  Statement (the  "Charter"),  the Restated and Amended Bylaws
of the  Company  listed  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration  Statement  (the
"Bylaws"),  and such other  corporate  and other  documents  and  records  and
certificates  of public  officials as we have deemed  necessary or appropriate
for the purposes of this opinion.

      We have assumed (i) the authority  and  genuineness  of all  signatures,
(ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons,  (iii) the authenticity of all
documents  submitted to us as originals,  and (iv) the conformity to authentic
original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified,  conformed
or photostatic copies.

      Based  upon  the  foregoing,  and  subject  to  the  qualifications  and
limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

            1.  The  Shares,  if and when  originally  issued  and sold by the
Company  pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan, and upon payment of
the  consideration,  if any,  payable  therefor  pursuant to the Plan, will be
legally  issued,  fully  paid and  nonassessable  and will  represent  validly
authorized and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.

            2.  The Rights  associated with the Shares, if and when originally
issued by the  Company  pursuant  to the terms and  conditions  of the  Rights
Agreement,  will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,  and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Company.

      We have assumed that the Company and those  officers and employees  that
may receive  options to purchase Shares under the Plan will have complied with
the relevant  requirements  of the Plan and that all  prescribed  filings with
regulatory  authorities,  including any stock exchanges  having  jurisdiction,
will be effected in accordance  with their  respective  requirements  and that
the approvals of such  regulatory  authorities,  including any stock exchanges
having  jurisdiction,  will have been granted  prior to the issuance of any of
the Shares or Rights.

      The  opinions  expressed  herein are  contingent  upon the  Registration
Statement  becoming  effective  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933  and  the
Charter,  Bylaws and Rights  Agreement not being further  amended prior to the
issuance of the Shares or Rights.

      The  foregoing  opinions  are  limited to the laws of the State of North
Carolina,  and we  express no  opinion  with  respect to the laws of any other
state or jurisdiction.


Culp, Inc. April 25, 2001 Page 2 __________________________ We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A. /s/ Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

                                                                  Exhibit 23.2






                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Culp, Inc.:


We consent to  incorporation  by  reference in the  registration  statement on
Form S-8 of Culp,  Inc. of our report dated May 31,  2000,  except for note 17
to the  consolidated  financial  statements,  as to which the date is February
19,  2001,  relating to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of Culp,  Inc.  and
subsidiary  as of April  30,  2000 and May 2,  1999,  (as  restated),  and the
related  consolidated  statements  of  income,  shareholders'  equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year  period ended April 30, 2000 (as
restated  for the  years  ended  May 2, 1999 and May 3,  1998),  which  report
appears in the April 30, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K/A of Culp, Inc.

As discussed in note 17 to the consolidated financial statements,  the company
has restated its previously issued 2000, 1999 and 1998 consolidated  financial
statements.


                                    /s/ KPMG LLP


Charlotte, North Carolina
April 25, 2001



                                                                  Exhibit 24.1

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


      THE UNDERSIGNED  director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company")  hereby appoints
Phillip  W.  Wilson  and  Kathy  J.  Hardy  and  each of them  singly,  as the
undersigned's   lawful  agent  and   attorney-in-fact,   with  full  power  of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for and on  behalf  and in the name of the
undersigned,  to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the  "Commission")  (i) a registration  statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the
Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the  "Act"),   for  the  purpose  of
registering  106,000 shares of the Company's common stock,  $.05 par value per
share  ("Common  Stock"),  to be issued upon the  exercise of options  granted
under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based  Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and
the  associated  rights to purchase  preferred  stock  ("Rights") to be issued
upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights  Agreement,  dated as
of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights  Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve
Trust Company,  N.A., as Rights Agent,  (ii) a registration  statement on Form
S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering  an additional  350,000
shares of Common  Stock to be issued  upon the  exercise  of  options  granted
under the  Culp,  Inc.  1993  Stock  Option  Plan (the  "1993  Plan")  and the
associated  Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options  pursuant to
the Rights Agreement,  (iii) any and all amendments,  including post-effective
amendments,  and exhibits to such  registration  statements,  and (iv) any and
all  applications  or other  documents  to be filed  with  the  Commission  or
otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments,  with full
power and  authority  to take or cause to be taken all other  actions  that in
the judgment of such  appointed  person(s) may be necessary or  appropriate to
effect the  registration  under the Act of the shares of the Company's  Common
Stock  offered  or to be offered  pursuant  to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan
and the associated Rights.


      EXECUTED on the 27th day of February, 2001.



                                           /s/ Robert T. Davis
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Robert T. Davis

Exhibit 24.2 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby appoints Phillip W. Wilson and Kathy J. Hardy and each of them singly, as the undersigned's lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose of registering 106,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and the associated rights to purchase preferred stock ("Rights") to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, (ii) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") and the associated Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits to such registration statements, and (iv) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to take or cause to be taken all other actions that in the judgment of such appointed person(s) may be necessary or appropriate to effect the registration under the Act of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered or to be offered pursuant to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan and the associated Rights. EXECUTED on the 7th day of March, 2001. /s/ H. Bruce English ------------------------------ H. Bruce English

Exhibit 24.3 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby appoints Phillip W. Wilson and Kathy J. Hardy and each of them singly, as the undersigned's lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose of registering 106,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and the associated rights to purchase preferred stock ("Rights") to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, (ii) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") and the associated Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits to such registration statements, and (iv) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to take or cause to be taken all other actions that in the judgment of such appointed person(s) may be necessary or appropriate to effect the registration under the Act of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered or to be offered pursuant to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan and the associated Rights. EXECUTED on the 19th day of March, 2001. /s/ Patrick B. Flavin ------------------------------ Patrick B. Flavin

Exhibit 24.4 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby appoints Phillip W. Wilson and Kathy J. Hardy and each of them singly, as the undersigned's lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose of registering 106,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and the associated rights to purchase preferred stock ("Rights") to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, (ii) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") and the associated Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits to such registration statements, and (iv) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to take or cause to be taken all other actions that in the judgment of such appointed person(s) may be necessary or appropriate to effect the registration under the Act of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered or to be offered pursuant to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan and the associated Rights. EXECUTED on the 26th day of February, 2001. /s/ Patrick H. Norton ------------------------------ Patrick H. Norton

Exhibit 24.5 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby appoints Phillip W. Wilson and Kathy J. Hardy and each of them singly, as the undersigned's lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose of registering 106,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and the associated rights to purchase preferred stock ("Rights") to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, (ii) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") and the associated Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits to such registration statements, and (iv) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to take or cause to be taken all other actions that in the judgment of such appointed person(s) may be necessary or appropriate to effect the registration under the Act of the shares of the Company"s Common Stock offered or to be offered pursuant to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan and the associated Rights. EXECUTED on the 1st day of March, 2001. /s/ Earl N. Phillips ------------------------------ Earl N. Phillips

Exhibit 24.6 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED director of Culp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby appoints Phillip W. Wilson and Kathy J. Hardy and each of them singly, as the undersigned's lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose of registering 106,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1997 Performance-Based Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") and the associated rights to purchase preferred stock ("Rights") to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, (ii) a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Act for the purpose of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Culp, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") and the associated Rights to be issued upon the exercise of such options pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (iii) any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits to such registration statements, and (iv) any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or otherwise pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to take or cause to be taken all other actions that in the judgment of such appointed person(s) may be necessary or appropriate to effect the registration under the Act of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered or to be offered pursuant to the 1997 Plan and the 1993 Plan and the associated Rights. EXECUTED on the 26th day of February, 2001. /s/ Judith C. Walker ------------------------------ Judith C. Walker