POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes
 and appoints each of Chief Financial Officer, General
Counsel, Corporate
Counsel, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Corporate
Controller or Assistant
 Controller or Kathleen J. Carroll and Donna G. Tracy,
 signing singly, the
 undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
 in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of
Lydall, Inc.
(the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16 (a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the
 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute
 any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States
 Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar
 authority; and

	(3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
 in the
undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of
 the Company,
Form 144s or any other document to be filed pursuant
to Rule 144 of
the Securities Act of 1933 and any regulations thereunder
 with respect
 to securities of the Company;

	(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever
 in connection
 with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney
in fact, may
 be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such
attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
 to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
 attorney in
facts discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney in fact
full
 power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
 in the exercise
 of
 any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
 to all intents
 and
 purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present,
 with
 full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney in facts
 substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
 powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in
- -fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
 of the undersigneds
 responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
 Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
 force and effect
until earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
 writing delivered
 to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day of
September, 2009.


Signature:  /s/ James V. Laughlan

Print Name:     James V. Laughlan