Nathan Taylor

Nathan Taylor is author of Shaker Baskets and Legend of the Bushwhacker Basket.

Known for bringing the lost art of Shaker basketry back to life, he is an expert in Nantucket basketry and owns a basket shop and supply catalog for Shaker, Nantucket, and country basketry in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

Taylor opened his first basket shop on the American bicentennial, July 4, 1976. Raised in New Hampshire, where he worked before moving to Tennessee, Taylor has been a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

He also has been a consulting designer to several corporations and designer of one of the most popular lines of baskets in nation.