Welcome to Roy's Antiques - Serving Melbourne since 1979

Recently Added Pieces

French Regence Open Armchair Fauteuil C1730
French Regence Open Armchair Fauteuil C1730
(SOLD) Splendid inlaid mahogany Sheraton Pembroke Table
(SOLD) Splendid inlaid mahogany Sheraton Pembroke Table
PAIR Paris Louis XV fauteuil armchairs C1760 Louis Falconet
PAIR Paris Louis XV fauteuil armchairs C1760 Louis Falconet
PAIR French Walnut Fauteuil Armchairs C1860
PAIR French Walnut Fauteuil Armchairs C1860

All items guaranteed genuine as described

Roy Williams has been antiques dealing in Melbourne since 1979. His nine years of tertiary education are all relevant to antiques. He has published two books and hundreds of magazine articles. He had a shop in San Francisco in the 1990s and has exhibited at Antiques Fairs in Australia and the USA.

The 1990s were a busy time, with Roy being an ‘expert’ on three weekly ABC talkback radio shows for 7 years. Regular television appearances included Good Morning Australia, Healthy Wealthy and Wise, etc. etc.

Now in semi-retirement Roy lives entirely for pleasure, only writing a dozen articles a year, and opening his shop five days a week.

Septembers are usually spent studying abroad, favourite places being Paris and New Orleans. Scrupulous scholarship and years of international experience support all product descriptions.

Inside Roy's Antiques

Clifton Hill’s Greenest Shop

Roy's Antiques' Furniture is:

Organic: real cabinet woods, shellac, beeswax, cotton, linen, silk, horsehair, brass, marble. NO synthetic foam, plastics or polyurethanes.

Artisanal: hand made, start to finish, by craftsmen with hand tools, before soulless Victorian factory mass production. Meticulously restored today employing local skilled artisans using traditional methods and materials.

Recycled: mostly eight generations old so far and still going strong! Older than Melbourne!

Delivered Green: sourced locally to avoid carbon miles and to reduce costs. No single-use synthetic packaging such as styrofoam or plastic is used. New goods come with extensive packaging so this is a vital consideration.

Luxurious: our elegant furniture originally graced mansions, town houses and chateaux.

Economical: our original ancient furniture costs less than the price of making a new duplicate.

Need ideas?

Drawing Room design by Roy Williams

AN ADVENTURE IN ANTIQUES

It is difficult to say what the owners of this now fine house enjoyed more designing and renovating their home as a long-term project, or the social benefits this entailed

Read this article by Roy Williams, Antique Dealer and Interior Designer , originally published in Australian Period Style Magazine

Photography by Patrick Redmond

TRENDS IDEAS ARTICLE:

Victoria Street

Creating the feel of an English Townhouse with modern conveniences

Read this article by Roy Williams

TRENDS IDEAS ARTICLE:

Improving with age.

Returning a 1940s home to splendour

Read this article by Roy Williams

Roy's Antiques Pty Ltd occupies a two storey Victorian building in a wide, tree lined boulevard in historic Fitzroy, Melbourne’s oldest suburb. It was built as a shop in 1889, and retains its original shopfront.

Roy Williams moved his business to Fitzroy in 1983, and to the present address in 1990.

Roy's Antiques specialises in:

  • 18th and early 19th century English
  • French and other European furniture
  • Hallmarked silver, mostly British and European from 1700 to the present
  • Imperial Russian silver and ikons

Roy's Antiques is a member of the Australian Antique and Art Dealer's Association, a member of CINOA (Confederation Internationale des Negociants en Oeuvres D'Art), the International Antiques and Art Association.

Roy Williams is the author of two books on antiques and interiors. For most of the 1990s he was a weekly “expert” on three ABC talkback radio shows (Melbourne and regional), and made many television appearances in that capacity.

All prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Conversions to other currencies may be calculated here.

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