As indicated by the caption, this image shows a properly laid dinner table in the Mackay mansion's dining room.
The caption accompanying this photograph reads as follows:
A properly laid dinner table of the sort that persisted at Harbor Hill until the end.
An image of the dining room dating to 1902 has been placed here in the Library.
An image of the dining room dating to 1904 also has been placed here in the Library.
An image of the dining room dating to 1927 has been placed here in the Library, as well.
See Harbor Hill, Clarence Hungerford Mackay's Mansion.