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  <xsd:element id="culp_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureLineItems" name="CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTable" name="CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_PercentageOfNetIncomeTransferredToStatutorySurplusReserveFund" name="PercentageOfNetIncomeTransferredToStatutorySurplusReserveFund" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_MaximumRequiredPercentageOfStatutorySurplusReserveFundToRegisteredCapital" name="MaximumRequiredPercentageOfStatutorySurplusReserveFundToRegisteredCapital" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StatutoryReserveLineItems" name="StatutoryReserveLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StatutoryReserveTable" name="StatutoryReserveTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StatutorySurplusReserveFundBalance" name="StatutorySurplusReserveFundBalance" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StatutorySurplusReserveFundBalanceAsPercentageOfAccumulatedEarningsAndProfits" name="StatutorySurplusReserveFundBalanceAsPercentageOfAccumulatedEarningsAndProfits" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_MinimumThresholdPercentageForStatutorySurplusReserveFundAsPercentageOfRegisteredCapitalBelowWhichCertainCapitalTransactionsAreProhibited" name="MinimumThresholdPercentageForStatutorySurplusReserveFundAsPercentageOfRegisteredCapitalBelowWhichCertainCapitalTransactionsAreProhibited" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StockholdersEquityNoteLineItems" name="StockholdersEquityNoteLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StockholdersEquityNoteTable" name="StockholdersEquityNoteTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StockRepurchaseProgramMember" name="StockRepurchaseProgramMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StockRepurchaseProgramSeptemberFiveThousandNineteenMember" name="StockRepurchaseProgramSeptemberFiveThousandNineteenMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_StockRepurchaseProgramMarchFourTwoThousandTwentyMember" name="StockRepurchaseProgramMarchFourTwoThousandTwentyMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_DividendsLineItems" name="DividendsLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_DividendsTable" name="DividendsTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element id="culp_QuarterlyDividendMember" name="QuarterlyDividendMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true" />
</xsd:schema>
