How to hang vintage frameless mirror

[reubin78]

Spent years renovating our house and now stuck for ideas with the simpliest of things!!!

Got one of those vintage frameless mirrors which my wife wants to hang over our cast iron bedroom fireplace.

It has a small chain for hanging (single chain /fixed at either end to mirror) but can't think of something suitable to hang it off. I bet most folk just used to use a nail back in the day! Any ideas for a discreet / visually pleasing hook way of hanging?

We do have a picture rail but tall ceilings. Had considered a single vertical chain down to mirror chain.

Wife wants it tidy while I'm concerned about the cast iron fireplace below!!

 

[lostinthelight]

Doesnt the chain shorten enough for the fixing screw/hook to be hidden behind the mirror

 

[Tigercubrider]

Is it screwed/ fitted to a wooden back board?

 

[reubin78]

Yes, the chain could be shortened but the good lady wife assures me that is not the intended look (rather it should be hung via a visible chain).

Yes, its mounted on a wooden board. Chain is fastened to that.

I had dug out an old brass curtain tie-back hook. Has a decorative backing washer(?). Wife said no to that!!

 

[lostinthelight]

I should hand her the Black and Decker and let her get on with it then

 

[foxhole]

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/714...MI9tjrhfO57QIVFu3tCh2XWgtKEAQYAiABEgIBrvD_BwE

or

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/518...MI9tjrhfO57QIVFu3tCh2XWgtKEAQYBCABEgI5mPD_BwE

 

[Tigercubrider]

Presumably you want the mirror to hang at a slight angle so there's a gap between the mirror and the chimney breast at the top?

One way is to fix, via screws and probably glue, a block to the back of the mirror. This can be angled to the desired tilt. If the mirror has metal brackets on the edges then remove the mirror and screw through the back.

Then fit a mirror plate or cleat to the wooden block, and hang

Fake the chain holding the mirror