I'd call it a dining table. There are nice construction details under the top, but I do not think it is very old or was very pricey when new. The rim running around the underside and perimeter of the table is a nice touch. It looks like stuff I've seen in the 1950s. Its value would be increased if you had one or two leaves, but appears to be in good shape as is. The weak item on these tables is the attachment of the legs because these do not have substantial bracing. However, it seems that the legs on this example are tight and that is a plus.

Have you ever seen another table identical to it? I can’t find any photos of it online anywhere...

It's a dining table and looks like it is from the 1950's or 1960's. As jemdandy wrote, it isn't a particular valuable furniture.

Is there some specific reason you are looking for specific information on this table? There was so much furniture produced during this period but a specific table style by a specific manufacturer might only have a relatively small number of pieces actually sold.

The piece itself is not valuable - I would suspect you would not even find a buyer. I recently got rid of a lot of furniture and not even used furniture stores in my area were interested in buying because there is so much brown wood furniture available.

Helen, thank you for your comment. No, I am not trying to sell this table. I am only curious about what the table is and who made it, as all I have to go by is a crumbling tag that says Richardson Bros... and there are no pictures or info about such tables anywhere that I could find. I need the info so I can search on online for a leaf, or if that yeilds nothing (which I am suspecting), talk more intelligently with a furniture guy about making a leaf. I picked up this table for $13 and think that it has good potential.

A good furniture guy should be able to make leaves to match the rest of the table by simply looking at it and making a model based on the ends of the table. If they could not do that I would not hire them.

It is unlikely that anyone will advertise that they have leaves to this particular model so looking for info to search would probably be the same amount of time as simply looking at every advertisement for table leaves.

I like the style of it. It has an art deco feel without being over-the-top. (The curved top, the angled wide legs with the little "skyscrapers"...maybe it's not quite streamline art moderne but the influence is there.) I'd put it earlier in the possible date range.

Maybe it wasn't "high end" when it was made but it wasn't low end. It looks well made. And it's got to be better made than most new stuff, plus it's much more interesting.

Thank you everyone for the comments and info. I reached out to Richardson Brothers, now called Richardson Industries to see if they knew anything about this table, just for the heck of it. They told me they have no old liturature about any furniture they made around that era and couldn’t tell me much.

If it’s true they started making tables in the 40s and this table is from late 40s, early 50s, then I feel good it’s one of their oldest models, albeit a mid-range price table. When I first saw the table I was intrigued by the oak wood (later found out it’s not all oak) and the steel scissor mechanism, which even Jim Richardson himself told me via email he had never seen anything like it. All in all, the table serves my purpose and I have decided to not get a leaf for it at this time.

Richardson closed their factory in 2003 and became importers.

http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/458727-richardson-bros-leaving-furniture-business