Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes - Valuation Allowance - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2015	May. 03, 2015	Aug. 03, 2014
U.S. Tax Authorities and Poland Tax Authorities [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 926,000	$ 922,000	$ 1,100,000
U.S. State Tax [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	561,000	561,000	666,000
Poland [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member] | Culp Europe [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	365,000	361,000	419,000
Canada and China [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0