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Restructuring (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2015	Jan. 24, 2015 facility	Jan. 25, 2014
Restructuring
Number of facilities sold		2lzb_RestructuringPlanNumberOfFacilitiesSold
Restructuring charges
Pre-tax restructuring charges since inception of plan	$ 7,000,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1	$ 7,000,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1
Restructuring charges since inception of plan, net of tax	4,500,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax	4,500,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax
Pre-tax restructuring income	800,000lzb_RestructuringChargesIncludingDiscontinuedOperations	1,106,000lzb_RestructuringChargesIncludingDiscontinuedOperations	115,000lzb_RestructuringChargesIncludingDiscontinuedOperations
Restructuring income, net of tax	500,000lzb_RestructuringChargesIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	700,000lzb_RestructuringChargesIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Restructuring liability	300,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserve	300,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserve
Continuing Operations
Restructuring charges
Pre-tax restructuring charges since inception of plan	3,700,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1 / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember	3,700,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1 / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
Restructuring charges since inception of plan, net of tax	2,400,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember	2,400,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
Discontinued Operations
Restructuring charges
Pre-tax restructuring charges since inception of plan	3,300,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1 / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember	3,300,000us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1 / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember
Restructuring charges since inception of plan, net of tax	$ 2,100,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember	$ 2,100,000lzb_RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDateNetOfTax / us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis = us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember

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