Please look this example:

select {
  width: 172px;
  height: 22px;
  padding: 2px 7px;
  border: none;
  background: url(http://imgur.com/MJyZM.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
<select>
  <option value="abcdefg">abcdefg</option>
  <option value="1234567">1234567</option>
  <option value="abcdefg">abcdefg</option>
</select>

https://jsfiddle.net/jeafgilbert/wz0zaev0/

Can someone please update it to be transparent in Chrome? Currently the result in FF is the correct one. Thanks.

Update:

Now without -webkit-appearance: none; works fine in Chrome.

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