Income Taxes - Deferred Income Taxes - Valuation Allowance - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016	May 01, 2016	Aug. 02, 2015
U.S. Tax Authorities and Poland Tax Authorities [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 625,000	$ 590,000	$ 926,000
U.S. State Tax [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	539,000	518,000	561,000
Poland [Member] | Valuation Allowance, Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member] | Culp Europe [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	86,000	72,000	365,000
Canada and China [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0