Which statement correctly matches a chair with its designer?

Which statement correctly matches a chair with its designer?

• A. Thonet No. 14 Bentwood Chair — Marcel Breuer
• B. Wassily Chair — Marcel Breuer
• C. Eames Lounge Chair — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• D. Windsor Chair — Charles and Ray Eames

Answer: (B)

Recognizing who designed a famous chair relies on the designer’s distinctive style and historical context. The correct pairing here is the Wassily Chair with Marcel Breuer. Breuer, a Bauhaus innovator, pushed curved and streamlined forms using tubular steel in the 1920s, and the Wassily Chair ( Modell B3) epitomizes that approach with its minimal frame and leather or fabric straps. It’s named after Wassily Kandinsky, one of Breuer’s Bauhaus colleagues, and is a hallmark of early modernist furniture. The other pairings mix up designers and iconic pieces from different eras: the Thonet No. 14 Bentwood Chair is a late 19th-century piece by Michael Thonet, celebrated for steam-bent wood, not Breuer. The Eames Lounge Chair is by Charles and Ray Eames, not Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who is known for Barcelona and MR chairs. The Windsor Chair is a traditional English design long before these modernists.

Recognizing who designed a famous chair relies on the designer’s distinctive style and historical context. The correct pairing here is the Wassily Chair with Marcel Breuer. Breuer, a Bauhaus innovator, pushed curved and streamlined forms using tubular steel in the 1920s, and the Wassily Chair ( Modell B3) epitomizes that approach with its minimal frame and leather or fabric straps. It’s named after Wassily Kandinsky, one of Breuer’s Bauhaus colleagues, and is a hallmark of early modernist furniture.

The other pairings mix up designers and iconic pieces from different eras: the Thonet No. 14 Bentwood Chair is a late 19th-century piece by Michael Thonet, celebrated for steam-bent wood, not Breuer. The Eames Lounge Chair is by Charles and Ray Eames, not Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who is known for Barcelona and MR chairs. The Windsor Chair is a traditional English design long before these modernists.