Detail of the “Père et Fils” gold-plated bronze bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro, showing two stylised birds within an arched frame.
Front view of the “Père et Fils” gold-plated bronze fibula brooch, showing the traditional long needle fastening inspired by ancient fibulae.
“Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro in gold-plated bronze, featuring two symbolic bird figures within a sculptural arch.
Elisabeth Riveiro “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch in gold-plated bronze, handcrafted using the lost-wax technique, worn on a dark blazer at AMBART Palma de Mallorca.
Silver-plated bronze “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro, inspired by archaic bird symbolism.
Elisabeth Riveiro “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch in silver-plated bronze, worn on a blazer, handcrafted in Paris using traditional lost-wax casting.
Detail of the “Père et Fils” gold-plated bronze bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro, showing two stylised birds within an arched frame.
Front view of the “Père et Fils” gold-plated bronze fibula brooch, showing the traditional long needle fastening inspired by ancient fibulae.
“Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro in gold-plated bronze, featuring two symbolic bird figures within a sculptural arch.
Elisabeth Riveiro “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch in gold-plated bronze, handcrafted using the lost-wax technique, worn on a dark blazer at AMBART Palma de Mallorca.
Silver-plated bronze “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro, inspired by archaic bird symbolism.
Elisabeth Riveiro “Père et Fils” bird fibula brooch in silver-plated bronze, worn on a blazer, handcrafted in Paris using traditional lost-wax casting.

PÈRE ET FILS – Bird Fibula Brooch

€60.00

Handcrafted in bronze using the ancient lost-wax casting technique, the “Père et Fils” (Father and Son) Bird Fibula Brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro depicts two stylised birds standing beneath a sculptural arch, facing one another in quiet balance. One slightly taller, one slightly smaller — yet equal in presence.

The title suggests transmission, guidance and connection. Yet the scene remains open: it may evoke companionship, dialogue, affection or simply two beings sharing a moment of stillness, like lovebirds resting side by side.

Both minimal and expressive, this fibula brooch combines graphic clarity with symbolic warmth.

Available in gold- or silver-plated bronze, and exclusively at AMBART Palma de Mallorca, it may be worn alone or paired with the matching Père et Fils bird earrings for a harmonious ensemble.

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Handcrafted in bronze using the ancient lost-wax casting technique, the “Père et Fils” (Father and Son) Bird Fibula Brooch by Elisabeth Riveiro depicts two stylised birds standing beneath a sculptural arch, facing one another in quiet balance. One slightly taller, one slightly smaller — yet equal in presence.

The title suggests transmission, guidance and connection. Yet the scene remains open: it may evoke companionship, dialogue, affection or simply two beings sharing a moment of stillness, like lovebirds resting side by side.

Both minimal and expressive, this fibula brooch combines graphic clarity with symbolic warmth.

Available in gold- or silver-plated bronze, and exclusively at AMBART Palma de Mallorca, it may be worn alone or paired with the matching Père et Fils bird earrings for a harmonious ensemble.

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  • Gold-plated or silver-plated bronze fibula brooch.
    Handcrafted in Paris using traditional techniques, including ancient lost-wax casting.
    Length with needle: 7.5 cm
    Dimensions of figurative motif: 2.6 cm (H) × 2.7 cm (W)

    Each piece is entirely made by hand in Elisabeth Riveiro’s Paris workshop.

    Your jewel will be delivered in an eco-friendly AMBART box, together with a concise brand-story note about Elisabeth Riveiro, available in English, French or Spanish.

  • The “Père et Fils” Fibula Brooch offers a refined and symbolic styling accent. Its compact form makes it particularly suited to structured garments such as wool coats, tailored jackets or thicker knitwear.

    Worn vertically along a lapel or placed slightly off-centre, it creates a discreet focal point. It may also secure a shawl or wrap at the shoulder, echoing the ancient function of the fibula as both ornament and fastening.

    Due to its long needle, it is best attached to medium to heavier fabrics rather than delicate materials.

  • For more than forty-five years, French artist and artisan Elisabeth Riveiro has been creating jewellery using ancient, time-honoured techniques such as lost-wax casting, engraving, repoussé, hammering and high-fire enamel.

    Her story began in the early 1980s at the Avignon festival, where she sold handmade resin pieces during her school holidays and met the painter Ernesto Riveiro, who was modelling small protective amulets in metal. In 1981, he began sculpting animals in wax; Elisabeth cast them in bronze, chiselled them, soldered them — and sold them. Their first professional show, with barely twenty pieces, was a success, and Elisabeth established herself as a jewellery artisan.

    Driven by passion and self-taught perseverance, she trained with sculptors, studied enamel at the École de Paris, learned gilding and soldering, and installed her first casting machine in 1985. Over the years, she and Ernesto created around 800 models, keeping only the ones that truly resonated with them.

    Her artistic language has been shaped not only by nature but also by the museums she loves — especially the small specialised museums of Paris, the Musée d’Orsay (with which she has collaborated), the Quai Branly, Beaubourg, and the Palais de Tokyo. These collections nourished her sensitivity to forms, textures, and ancient motifs, reinforcing the archaic yet contemporary essence of her jewellery.

    Ernesto was “the mind”; Elisabeth was “the hands”. Together, they developed a vocabulary of geometric, zoomorphic and symbolic forms, creating pieces that often feel as though they could have been made “in the night of times”.

    Today, Elisabeth continues to cast, chisel, enamel and finish every piece herself. Her workshop remains the heart of her life and her craft. Many clients have collected her creations for decades, cherishing them as small talismans linked to personal memories — jewels she feels deeply attached to, « body and soul ».

  • Elisabeth Riveiro’s jewellery is rooted in a lifelong fascination with the forms, creatures, and symbols found in nature, art, and museum collections. For more than four decades, she and the painter Ernesto Riveiro explored encyclopaedias, galleries, and the small specialised museums of Paris, captivated by the diversity of animals, birds and fish, and by the ancient motifs preserved across cultures.

    Lost-wax casting — a venerable technique practiced for centuries in Africa, South America and Asia — lies at the heart of her work. Through this ancestral process, each piece becomes an interpretation rather than a copy: a distilled form that feels both archaic and contemporary, as if it could belong to a museum cabinet of curiosities or to modern artistic design.

    From these influences emerged a personal vocabulary of textures, lines and symbols: abstract signs, protective eyes, stylised figures, imaginary creatures and sacred thresholds. Every jewel seeks simplicity — the most difficult of all achievements, she says — and carries an expressive, mysterious, quietly powerful presence. Worn on the body, each piece becomes a small companion, imbued with memory and meaning.

  • No special maintenance is required. Each piece is handcrafted using techniques that give the jewellery exceptional durability. Simply store your jewellery away from prolonged humidity when not worn. Natural ageing may occur over time, as with all metals, and contributes to the beauty and authenticity of the piece. Many of Elisabeth Riveiro’s pieces have been worn for over forty years and remain in excellent condition.

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