- a variation of virtu.
vertu
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Its collection runs to paintings, furniture, statuary, manuscripts, sundry objets de vertu and an authoritative collection of photography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
He liked the society of politicians and literary men, and he was also a collector of pictures and articles of vertu.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
He would make another trip for the lacquer god, and for such other articles of value or vertu which the junk might contain.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
There were some articles of vertu, a very small statue of Washington among them, lying on the bureau and not yet arranged.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford
Verily kings have a slender chance, between the worms and the lovers of vertu.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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