The Lacemaker is the fifth in a series of six fully disassembled, repainted, and reassembled Fender guitars created for the History of Rock & Roll exhibition. Each instrument is a playable artwork—an homage to the genre’s evolution and the bodies, voices, and hands that shaped it.

This Telecaster features a linear, abstracted rendering of Vermeer’s The Lacemaker, reimagined in grayscale across the body. Lace patterns emerge delicately at the base and continue onto the back, where a large linear rose unfurls—symbol of beauty, labor, and resistance. Rhinestones cluster on the horn, shimmering like sonic residue, while electrical diagrams near the string base suggest circuitry, transmission, and the invisible architecture of sound.

The title is both literal and symbolic: a tribute to the accomplishments of women in rock & roll, whose influence is often woven quietly into the fabric of the genre. From Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, and beyond, The Lacemaker honors the intricate, powerful work of those who shaped the sound from behind the scenes and center stage.

This guitar doesn’t just play music—it plays history. It’s a fusion of delicacy and distortion, lace and voltage, femininity and force.