The most outstanding of them originated from the towns of Tryavna, Debur and Samokov. Irrespective of the preferences of their representatives for one or other pattern and technique, they developed church decoration on the basis of unified Bulgarian tradition. It is this tradition which gives ground to speak of Bulgarian style in church art. Masters of woodcarving made church iconostases, bishop's thrones, pulpits. They used specialized instruments for deep and open-work woodcarving.
Floral ornamentation is predominant.
Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic images occur less often.