Kartell Spoon Designer Bar Stools - Help Me Determine if Real or Replica!

Years ago I purchased a couple of bar stools from a warehouse sale where they were liquidating furniture/homewares from display homes/apartments for new developments. I paid perhaps $100 each.

They appear to be Kartell Spoon Bar Stools, which sell for $915 brand new from Space Furniture.
http://www.spacefurniture.com.au/spoon.html

I am wanting to sell them now, so would like to know if they are the genuine article or replicas (as I don't want to mislead potential buyers). According to this page on Space Furniture (http://www.spacefurniture.com.au/real-or-replica.html) as well as other sites I've checked, genuine Kartell stuff has the brand embossed into the plastic.

Under the bar stool in the wedge, there is embossed into the plastic "Kartell Spoon by A Citterio" and some other text which I can't clearly read. It is very hard to read (because it is hidden within a wedge) and I took so many photos with various lighting to get it readable. Here's a photo

Based on this and the very solid construction of the bar stools, I am leaning towards them being genuine.

I guess I'm wanting to know if anyone has a replica of these bar stools and if so, do they have the 'Kartell' branding embossed into the plastic?

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