I have sold several of these over the years. They aren't homemade, they are light weight bamboo & rattan what we call "shirt boxes". Most of the ones I've had have had the interior lining intact, but quite often one of the rattan sides has damage. Usually if they are for the most part in good condition I recover the top with period fabric, add a piece of glass & sell them as coffee tables. They date from around the 1920's.