[1] In the 1980s, it was purchased by French sports billionaire Patrick Guerrand-Hermès and redeveloped, and is now part of Royal Polo Club de la Palmeraie.
Guerrand-Hermès, formerly director of Hermès, created the Aïn Kassimou in the style of a 19th-century Moroccan house.
In addition to 176 paintings and other works on paper, the collection included Islamic art, furniture, jewelry, and weapons.
Other important pieces include The Going Out of the Pacha (1869) by Alfred Dehodencq; paintings and drawings of Moroccan kasbahs by Edy Legrand;[1] The girl carrying water in the garden of Majorelle by Jacques Majorelle; and The Fountain of Bab el-Oued by Charles-Théodore Frère.
[3] Marella Agnelli engaged the architect Bill Willis to build the pool pavilion in the Aïn Kassimou grounds.