HI Alex,
If you are talking about making underwear for the doll then I think that a
Spencer is a type of bodice.
The page of Wikipedia entitled Spencer (Clothing) says towards the end of
the initial text that in Australia a liberty bodice is called a Spencer. I
wore a liberty bodice under my clothes for warmth in the winter as a child.
But I don't think a liberty bodice is what is meant in your dolls clothing,
a liberty bodice came later than the period I expect you are looking at,
which I think is probably Victorian.
I found this page showing costume from the Victorian era. About 3/4 of the
way down the page is a sketch of a petticoat bodice from the period with
lace on it.
The petticoat bodice was separate from the petticoat skirt and was worn to
protect the corset and dress from each other and prevented the corset from
showing at the neckline of evening dresses or through gauzy fabric dresses.
Click on the link in the text to go to a page describing corset covers,
protectors and camisoles where it talks further about the petticoat bodice.
http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/articles/viewvictunder1.html
Perhaps this is what you are looking for. Further up same page it talks
about the drawers.
I found the site fascinating and there are many free patterns given for
items of clothing.
Regards
Jenny DeAngelis
Spain.
Alex wrote:-
I am making lace for doll's underwear and am currently working on a
bodice to
go with her drawers. I have been told that this article of clothing is
a
spencer. Is this correct? I tried Wilipedia but there is no reference.
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