Estetica Magazine ASIA Edition (4/2020)

The collection also includes
a unique library with more
than 2,000 works from the
16th century to the present.
This significant treasure-trove of incalculable importance is made up of 11,000
pieces – 800 of which are exhibited in the Museum of the History of Hairdressing
in Barcelona. Hairdresser and businessman, Raffel Pages, has the most important
and distinguished collection of objects related to the history of our profession
anywhere in the world. It’s a collection that also includes a unique library where
more than 2,000 works from the 16th century to the present. From centuries-old
combs to Roman and ancient Chinese mirrors, razors from Pope Pius X and scissors
from 17th Century and works of art by Goya, Picasso and Cocteau, it also includes
the very first hair appliances and dryers. Also included are the first professional dyes
and hair industry magazines, as well as locks by Salvador Dalí, Napoleon Bonaparte
and the Beatles. All this and more has also recently attracted the attention of the
prestigious Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, whose anthological exhibition is to
include a selection of pieces from the Raffel Pages Museum. “This will be a temporary
exhibition about hairstyles and belongings typical of our trade prior to the 20th
century and will be held in the Spring of 2023 in the heart of Paris,” explains Raffel.
Museum of the History
of Hair is now putting
together its most
ambitious exhibition to
date, at the Musée des
Arts Décoratifs in Paris,
which will take place
at the spring of 2023.