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 found, especially, books, a few paintings, engravings, and various small objects of vertu; moreover, the residence was spacious, well-ventilated, and not over-crowded with unnecessary articles.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The professor of vertu was expatiating one day, to a group of bystanders, on the merits of some little gem of a drawing he had just purchased.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
The very next day she went into the street, without any consultation with Bell, and made purchases of not less than a hundred dollars worth of pictures and articles of vertu, to ornament it.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford
Whenever the Wolnitzkys were in any financial straits the Bernini was packed off to some dealer in objects of vertu, from which excursions it invariably returned unsold.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Ossip Schubin
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