High society

The history and majesty of Dunedin's Olveston is celebrated in a new book

-  by Jane Ussher and John Walsh.

The magnificance of Ōtepoti taonga Olveston lies not just in its architecture but also in the contents that have filled its rooms for more than 100 years. Some items in the historic home and museum showcase the art, books and ephemera collected by its owners, but others show how such a grand house functioned. From the kitchens to the library, sculleries to the billiard room and bedrooms, Olveston reveals how the wealthy Theomin family lived, played and socialised in the first six decades of the 20th century.

Many of those rooms, both personal and functional, are captured in