LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints members of the Legal and Compensation departments of
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the ?Company?), including
 the (i) General Counsel, and (ii) either Director or Vice President,
Compensation & Benefits, and each of them, the undersigned?s true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, with respect to
the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority, including obtaining EDGAR and other filing codes; and

(3)	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-fact?s
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
or substitution or revocation,hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s 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 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules under such Act.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company due to the undersigned?s status as a director or officer of the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 29th day of March, 2019.


/s/ Scott A. Dahnke
Signature

Scott A. Dahnke
Name