About Quartet
Quartet was established in 1954 as Quartet Manufacturing and quickly became a leading provider of whiteboard, bulletin board, and chalkboard products for offices, schools, and healthcare settings. ACCO Brands acquired the company in 2005 and has continued expanding its dry-erase, glass board, and visual-communication lines for corporate, creative, and education audiences ever since.
The lines that matter most for a desk or conference wall are Quartet's framed cork and fabric bulletin boards and its glass dry-erase whiteboards. In our own testing, the pattern that stands out is surface durability: self-healing cork that closes around pin holes rather than perforating, and a tempered-glass writing surface that resists the ghosting and staining that eventually affects lacquer and melamine boards. Quartet also supplies dedicated dry-erase lines for healthcare and education settings, alongside markers and mounting accessories that round out its office-wall catalog.
Brand website: quartet.com
What Quartet makes
Quartet's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Cork & fabric bulletin boards
framed cork and linen boards with self-healing surfaces in wood or metal-composite frames — featured on DeskRated
Glass dry-erase whiteboards
frameless tempered-glass boards built to resist ghosting and staining — featured on DeskRated
Dry-erase markers & accessories
markers, erasers, and marker trays sized to match Quartet's board lines
Healthcare dry-erase products
dry-erase boards designed for medical and health-professional settings
Education products
classroom whiteboards and organizational boards for teachers
Why we recognized Quartet
The DeskRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Quartet earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, used at a real desk, and judged on merit.
Quartet products we rated highly
Quartet Framed Cork Bulletin Board, 2' x 3', Black Frame
Backed by more than 24,000 verified reviews, the deepest review base of any framed cork board we track at the 2' x 3' size. Its natural self-healing cork surface closes around pin holes and keeps looking clean through thousands of pin cycles, and the slim black metal-composite frame reads as professional rather than craft-store, appropriate for client-facing home offices and shared office walls.
Read the 8 Best Bulletin Boards of 2026 guide →
Quartet Infinity Magnetic Glass Dry Erase Board, 48" x 36", Frameless
Tempered-glass surface eliminates the ghosting that eventually affects lacquer and melamine boards, and it stays chemical-resistant to standard glass cleaner rather than staining permanently like porous surfaces. The frameless floating design with standoff wall mounts gives it an architectural look suited to executive offices and client meeting rooms, and at 48" x 36" it offers the largest writing area in our whiteboard roundup.
Read the 7 Best Whiteboards of 2026 guide →What earned Quartet the recognition
- Deepest review base of any framed cork bulletin board in our testing — the 2' x 3' black-frame board carries more than 24,000 verified Amazon ratings, a real-world reliability signal few boards in the category approach.
- Self-healing cork surface holds up to repeated pin use over time, closing around pin holes rather than perforating like foam-backed boards.
- Tempered-glass whiteboard surface resists the ghosting and staining that eventually affects lacquer and melamine boards, cleaning with standard glass cleaner instead of showing permanent marker residue.
- Brand heritage since 1954 as a dedicated whiteboard, bulletin board, and chalkboard manufacturer, with ACCO Brands' backing since 2005 extending the line into glass boards and healthcare and education products.
- Professional finish details across the lineup, from the black metal-composite bulletin board frame to the frameless standoff-mounted glass whiteboard, suited to client-facing offices and conference rooms.