By strict definition, trunks are used to store items while traveling, whereas chests are used to store things in your house. Steamer trunks were used mainly on steamships, also called steamers. Jenny Lind trunks have a distinctive shape when viewed from the side - they look like an hourglass or keyhole. They were used by the Swedish performer of the same name when she traveled the U.S. with P.T.Barnum. A chest also called a kist or coffer , is used mainly for storage and has four sides and a lid. The interior can be divided into different compartments or left open. A specific type of decorative chest is called a cassone , also known as a hope chest or marriage chest , because that is where a new bride stored her wedding linens in days of old.