The present model table designed by Gio Ponti was exhibited as part of the highly acclaimed Sala de Il Labirinto at the III Monza Biennale, room 44, in 1927. According to the exhibition catalogue, Ponti presented ‘a side table for tea, a table, a bed, centrepieces and a corner piece’, which were exhibited with furniture designs by Tomaso Buzzi, Emilio Lancia, Michele Marelli, Venini glass by Napoleone Martinuzzi and a stained glass window by Pietro Chiesa. That year with Buzzi, Lancia, Marelli, Chiesa and Paolo Venini, Ponti had formed the association Il Labirinto, bringing together architects, designers and manufacturers to promote modern design for the home. Their furniture designs were characterised by elegant neoclassical inspired forms finely crafted with precious woods and metal accents as illustrated by the present occasional table with a curl-walnut hexagon shaped tabletop and saber legs with brass sabots.