The image of anthologie quartet was shaped, especially in the 80s, by a variety of different objects and ideas.
These objects were divided into three areas; Porcelain and ceramic objects have always played a major role in the context of anthologie quartet; The traveling exhibition 'Hardware and software - porcelain and ceramics by architects and designers' was one of Anthologie Quartett's first major thematic exhibitions and showed the wealth of objects produced for Anthologie Quartet in Europe's traditional centers for porcelain and ceramics.
The so-called solitary anthology quartet also repeatedly attracted great attention; Individual pieces that have made the name of the anthology quartet known through their idea of reviving a forgotten genre or through an unusual formal language.
With the exhibition 'Old and new suggestions for a rich table again', Anthologie Quartett succeeded in acquiring special expertise in the conservative area of the set table, which had previously been dominated by cutlery, glass and porcelain manufacturers.
In the 80s, furniture still remained individual pieces in a collection dominated by objects.
The designs by Daniel Weil and Gerard Taylor, Ginbande and Bohuslav Horak are initial approaches to furniture; With the children's furniture from Ginbande, Stiletto and Daniel Weil/Gerard Taylor presented in 1990 and the garden furniture collection presented for the first time in 1998, the furniture also takes an important place in the collection.
The Ensemble cabinet system, introduced in 1998 and 2000, with its variety of handles, feet, frames and surfaces (designed by more than 20 different architects and designers) bridges the gap from accessory to architecture and becomes the element of Anthologie Quartett that connects all areas.
With the presentation of the first upholstered furniture collection Anthologie Quartett Upholstery at the Cologne trade fair in 2002, the last major gap in Anthologie Quartett's product range was closed.