BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREATIVE-MUSEUM is based on a remarkable collection but also on a solid documentation: more than 150 books, rare and in various languages, including Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
These books deal directly with the topic (which is quite rare), or in quite close relation: for instance the material (shell, jade or ivory), science and technology (history of plastics), history (Manchu aristocrats in China), or the meaning of symbols that are seen regularly on hair ornaments, in fact the entire history of cultures in general.
No-one can «interpret » an artefact if he does not have a minimum knowledge.
We learn this as we go along.
Here is a small selection:
IN ENGLISH
The comb. Its History and Development, Jen Cruse
Robert Hale, London 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7090-8137-1
This book is a «bible» that you must get for a comprehensive overview of this topic.
Antique Combs and Purses, Evelyn Haertig
Gallery Graphics Press
ISBN: 0-943294-002
An additional reference book.
Collector's guide to Hair Combs identification and value, Marie Bachman.
Collector Books 1998
ISBN: 1-57432-048-3
Combs and Hair accessories, Norma Hague
Antique pocket guides (Cambridge)1985
UK ISBN: 0-7188-2593-4 / US ISBN: 0-911403-11-6
Okazaki Collection : Combs and Ornamental Hairpins, Shikosha
Kyoto, Japan
ISBN: 4-87940-505-1
Viking Age combs, comb making and comb makers in the light of finds from Birka and Ribe, Kristina Ambrosiani,
Stockholm studies in archaeology
ISBN: 91-7146-150-7
An art collection of combs (Combs designed by artists) Marzee / Kammen
The Netherlands
ISBN: 90 7312401 8
Lea Stein Jewelry, Judith Just
(with price Guide) Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 0.7643.1381.9
POLA Research Institute of beauty and Culture 1996
ISBN: 4-938547-33-3
Tiara, Diana Scarisbrick
Chronicle books
ISBN: 0-8118-2717-8
Tiaras, Past and Present, Geoffrey Munn
V & A Publications
ISBN : 1-85177-359-2
Cut-Steel and Berlin Iron Jewellery, Anne Clifford.
1971- A.S. Barnes and Company.
ISBN: 0-498-07907-4
Hair in African Art and Culture.
The Museum for African Art – Prestel
ISBN: 0-945802-26-9
IN FRENCH OR BILINGUAL FRENCH-ENGLISH
Le Peigne dans le Monde, Robert Bollé
Hoëbeke. 2004
ISBN: 2-84230-220-6
Even if you don't read French, this is an essential book in which you can find all the main information on the subject. Beautiful illustrations on worldwide ornaments.
Parures de tête / Hairstyles & headresses - Musée Dapper
Catalogue d'exposition 2003.
All about the African continent. Bilingual Edition
ISBN: 2.906067.95.4
Chine et Japon à Fleur de Tête /Chinese and Japanse Hair Ornaments, Catherine Olliveaud
Catalogue d'exposition 2005.
Centre Départemental de Documentation Pédagogique de la Charente
A comparison between Chinese and Japanese hair ornaments. Bilingual edition
ISBN: 2-903 770-47-6
Les vies du cheveu, M-C. Auzou et S. Melchior-Bonnet.
Gallimard 2001.
ISBN: 2-07-076123-1
Everything you need to know about hair on almost all levels (physiological, symbolic, religious, etc)
Bijoux de tête Chaumet, de 1804 à nos jours, Diana Scarisbrick
Editions Assouline
ISBN: 2-84323-329-1
Parures de tête ethniques d'Afrique, Océanie et Amérique de la collection Ghysels, Anne Van Custem.
Skira
ISBN: 88.7624.282.1
Dictionnaire des symboles, Jean Chevalier, Alain Gheerbrant
Robert Laffont / Jupiter
ISBN: 978-2-221-08716-9
IN SPANISH
El peineton. Eduardo Gudino Kieffer
Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone. 1986- Buenos Aires
ISBN: 950-9004-75-8
All about nineteenth century combs, Masculino style.
IN ITALIAN
Pettini Ornamentali /Ornamental Hair-combs. Marialuisa Domeniconi
BE-MA Editrice Milano 1992
Bilingual edition: Italian/ English
ISBN: 88-7143-124-3
IN JAPANESE
POLA Research Institute of beauty and Culture 1996
ISBN: 4-938547-33-3
