Serge Mouille first presented his "Vrillée" (spiral) table at the 1962 Salon des arts Ménagers, an annual Paris exhibition which showcased innovations in domestic living. As stated by Pierre Émile Pralus, approximately thirty "Vrillée" tables were made by Mouille’s atelier. Cut from flat sheet steel, the table base was gripped in a vice and turned with a lever by four men. The lines described by the twelve radiating arms approximate those of logarithmic spirals: the distance of the arms from the central hub increase in geometric progression. A form often found in nature—nautilus shells, galaxies, broccoli—the "growth spiral," as it’s also known, was apt inspiration for a designer whose iconic black-painted floor lamps of the previous decade seemed to spring from the earth.