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 29th day of October, 2009.


Signature:  /s/ Marc T. Giles

Print Name:     Marc T. Giles