Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey

This conversation with James Langdon about The Serving Library’s collection of a hundred or so objects was published in Revue Faire no. 31. It was intended as a companion to the The Serving Library Annual 2020/21, which comprised a photographic inventory of the objects alongside fragments from the essays they originally illustrated in some way. After a brief introduction by James, here we zoom out to look at the history and intentions of the collection as a whole. On reflection I have no idea why the piece was titled “An Edition,” because it's not.

Lead image: James unwrapping a piece of Norman Potter’s Penton Kitchen at The Serving Library, India Buildings, Liverpool, 2018.

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