The European antiques, which Colonel McCormick collected, contrast with the Chinese art in this room.  Two 1840s silver wine coolers are sitting on a 1735 burled walnut dresser.  In 1915, McCormick purchased the wine coolers in Paris, and he gave them to his first wife Amy as a wedding gift. Tribune Company employees gave the engraved silver tray and goblets to Robert McCormick on his 70^th birthday.

A pair of sterling silver candelabras that were made in 1793, rest on the 1830 mahogany dining table.  Maryland and Robert McCormick formally entertained up to 20 dinner guests here.  It was one of the most prestigious social activities in Chicagoland.  Dinner guests enjoyed five to seven course meals with a different wine for each course.  McCormick’s butler served dinner on gold-rimmed plates which feature McCormick’s initials in the center.   The silverware is also monogrammed.  The cook prepared the dinner downstairs in the kitchen, and she sent the food up the dumb waiter or small elevator that opens onto the butler’s pantry, adjacent to the dining room.