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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Apr. 25, 2015
Apr. 26, 2014
Apr. 27, 2013
Income before income taxes for continuing operations      
United States $ 96,605,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 82,705,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 63,193,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign 9,023,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 8,854,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 7,492,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Income from continuing operations before income taxes 105,628,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 91,559,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 70,685,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Federal:      
- current 28,887,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 24,695,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 17,049,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
- deferred 406,000us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,495,000us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,341,000us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
State:      
- current 4,573,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 5,345,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 2,746,000us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
- deferred 637,000us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (2,082,000)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 464,000us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Foreign:      
- current 2,281,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 1,375,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 739,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
-deferred 170,000us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 555,000us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,181,000us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total income tax expense (benefit) 36,954,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 31,383,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 23,520,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Reconciliation of effective tax rate as it differs from the U.S. federal income tax rate      
Statutory tax rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from:      
State income taxes, net of federal benefit (as a percent) 3.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
U.S. manufacturing benefit (as a percent) (2.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (1.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (2.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities
Change in valuation allowance (as a percent) (0.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Gain on sale of marketable securities (as a percent)     (1.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDispositionOfAssets
Miscellaneous items (as a percent) (1.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective tax rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 34.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 33.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Undistributed earnings, reinvested 24,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Potential deferred tax attributable to undistributed foreign earnings 3,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Assets      
Deferred and other compensation 22,085,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation 19,774,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeCompensation  
Allowance for doubtful accounts 2,255,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts 5,456,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts  
State income tax - net operating losses, credits and other 6,032,000lzb_DeferredTaxAssetOperatingLossCarryForwardsCreditsAndOtherStateAndLocal 6,440,000lzb_DeferredTaxAssetOperatingLossCarryForwardsCreditsAndOtherStateAndLocal  
Pension 2,828,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions 2,097,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions  
Warranty 6,466,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsWarrantyReserves 6,247,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsWarrantyReserves  
Rent 5,174,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsDeferredRent 4,824,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsDeferredRent  
Workers' compensation 4,173,000lzb_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsWorkersCompensation 4,068,000lzb_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsWorkersCompensation  
Employee benefits 3,096,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits 2,838,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits  
Other 1,262,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 3,760,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther  
Valuation allowance (4,322,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (4,700,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Total deferred tax assets 49,049,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 50,804,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet  
Liabilities      
Property, plant and equipment (2,722,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment (3,337,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Net deferred tax assets 46,327,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 47,467,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet  
Deferred tax assets associated with loss carryforwards      
Various U.S state net operating losses (excluding federal tax effect) 8,678,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal    
Foreign capital losses 20,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards    
Future taxable income needed to fully recover net deferred tax assets $ 118,000,000lzb_EstimatedFutureTaxableIncome