 It was delivered to Evans' parents in the same condition, "the festival in tears and the poet in his grave", as Archdruid Dyfed said.The festival is now referred to as ""Eisteddfod y Gadair Ddu"" ("The Eisteddfod of the Black Chair").The chair was hand-crafted by Flemish craftsman, Eugeen Vanfleteren (1880–1950), a carpenter born in Mechelen, Belgium, who had fled to England on the outbreak of war and had settled in Birkenhead.