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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence,
     from L. virtus. See {Virtue}.]
     A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J.
     Spence.
  
     {An article}, or {piece}, {of virtu}, an object of art or
        antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or
        private collections.
  
              I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
              To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u].
                                                    --Goldsmith.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  virtu
       n 1: love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: {vertu}, {connoisseurship}]
       2: artistic quality [syn: {vertu}]
       3: objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)

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